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HOW TO MAKE FRIED BAKES | SOFT & FLUFFY "FRY BAKE" | FLOATS | VEGAN OPTION
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before these fakes were made popular by
the bacon sharks shacks in maracas play
village in trinidad and tobago we were
making and eating it for decades at home
today I am happy to share my secrets to
making soft fluffy airy and absolutely
delicious fried Binks I know it's going
to become a family favorite for you too
this bowl have added four cups of
all-purpose flour two tablespoons of
baking powder two teaspoons of salt and
four teaspoons of sugar mix it well to
combine at this point you may also rub
in about two tablespoons of
room-temperature butter that's one
tablespoon for every two cups of flour
take note of my clothespin technique
here folks where my fingers become a
tool for mix in the flour very well on
the blog at cooking with Rio Calm I have
the recipe for only two cups of flour
but because it's Saturday
two cups are not sufficient for our
family now I'm going to gradually add
the water in a quarter cup increment to
moisten of the flour and bring the dough
together Here I am applying my grab and
squeeze method why I am grabbing the
dough and I'm squeezing it together the
goal here is to get rid of any dry flour
in the bowl so I'm going to continue to
add the water and bring it all together
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I know some of you are wondering what is
fried baked is it fried or is it baked
we have a unique name in culture in
Trinidad I just can't explain it
if these were baked who may have
referred to it as fake fry who knows
these are actually bakes that are fried
hence the term fried baked
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now that the dough has come together and
there's no more dry flour at the bottom
you can apply the roll it around method
you're gonna just grab it at the top and
roll it around if you find that the
dough is a little too sticky to handle
add less than a teaspoon of flour and
continue to knead it now it's time to
apply the tuck-in method you're pulling
up the sides and tucking it in at the
edges tuck tuck tuck until the dough
becomes smooth another dusting here and
there will definitely help to make it
more manageable but don't add too much
at one time a sticky soft dough is
always so much better than a dry hard
dough and then you roll it and roll it
and roll it a little more
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it should take only about 4 to 5 minutes
from start to finish to knead your dough
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add about a teaspoon of butter or oil to
the top cover it with a damp towel and
let it sit for about 10 to 15 minutes
minimum you may refrigerate it for a
couple of hours or overnight
I find that refrigerating it helps to
develop a nice chewy doughy texture 4
cups of flour makes about four lawyers
or balls each lawyer can then be made
into four smaller balls to create
circles or the larger lawyers can be
made into triangles
the sounds confusing let me demonstrate
it for you Here I am trying to make the
dough smooth and seal it at the top with
the second piece of dough I'm going to
break it off into four pieces
we just shape them into four small round
balls as I said before these we are
going to shape into the circular fried
base
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what is slowly as I fold the edges to
the top and then I seal it up top spin
it and seal it until it forms a nice
round ball now cover it and let it rest
for another 10 to 15 minutes and get
your pot with your hot oil ready
let's make some triangles for the first
large lawyer dust a surface with flour
press you two out and then roll the
dough out into a large line to ten inch
so apply long smooth strokes with your
rolling pin to roll the dough out evenly
a rolling pin is usually referred to as
a Billina in Trinidad this villain I
picked up in a discount store close to
where I live and it's about five pounds
no kidding
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roll them out until they are about 1/4
inch thick you can do it thinner or
thicker depending on whether you want
light airy thin bakes or thicker bakes
that are more dense and have more body
to them
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using a knife cut into quarters when the
oil is hot but not smoking add a quarter
of the dough to the hot oil use your
spoon and pour oil over the big to help
it to rise quicker
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when the bottom is golden brown light
golden brown a dark golden brown brown
depending on your preference flip the
vehicle
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drill it on the side of the pot and then
place it on a kitchen towel or paper
towel-lined plate or ball repeat with
the remaining dough now let's make the
round bakes you may make these thick or
as thin as you like it's all up to you
place them on the counter and press them
out evenly so that they will cook evenly
place it in the hot oil and fry until
it's golden brown using the same
technique I showed
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now let your bakes are fried it's
amazing on its own but a simple addition
of butter or cheese well out of this
world with bowl shell as you seeing here
oh it's all fish and tomatoes corn beef
kuchela
a favorite condiment to Trinidad and
Tobago not forgetting fried shark or
fried fish fried egg there are so many
ways to enjoy it is fried baked whatever
you do make it a tradition in your
family
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