- Yeasted dough
- Frying oil
- Powdered sugar (a blizzard of it)
- Chicory cafe au lait alongside
New Orleans Beignets
Beignets at Cafe du Monde, New Orleans. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Beignets are square French doughnuts, fried puffy and buried under powdered sugar, served with chicory cafe au lait. Cafe du Monde has served them on Decatur Street since 1862, 24 hours a day.
They are eaten with the hands, the sugar gets everywhere, and that is the point. The classic order is three beignets and a cafe au lait, at the green-and-white tables under the awning.
Key ingredients
How it is eaten
They are eaten with the hands, the sugar gets everywhere, and that is the point. The classic order is three beignets and a cafe au lait, at the green-and-white tables under the awning.
Where to try it
- Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter (the 1862 original)
- Cafe Beignet on Royal Street