SUFGANIYOT- Chanuka doughnuts!
Where in the city can I buy "home made" chanuka doughnuts (sufganiyot)?? Please help me I have many people dying to have some!!!
Cynthia
Dec 14, 2003 04:07PM
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I know it's sacreligious, but jelly donuts from Krispy Kreme *are* sufganiyot - same size, same everything - of course when people make sufganiyot at home they will vary from kitchen to kitchen - but they're it - let's face it. Jelly donuts from Dunkin' Donuts are not really like sufganiyot - too heavy and dense, and too big...
I've had lots of "home made" sufganiyot, and Krispy Kreme is the same.
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Real Sufganyot have substance..they are definitely not those prissy little airy-fairy excuse for donuts that KK produces...they are crispy on the outside (because they are fresh from the fryer)..and chewy before you get to real raspberry jam...not the artificially flavored and colored crap from DD or KK!
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I disagree. I have eaten tons of sufganiyot - the lighter they are, the "better" they're considered. A heavy sufganiya means your dough didn't work right.
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Ofcourse sufganyot are jelly donuts....no one disputes that ...they were brought to Israel by the German expatriates...they brought with them the recipes for "berliners" ...remember when J.F.K. in his famous speech said "I am a jelly donut"? Different ethnic groups brought their version of fried food for Chanukah.....however the donuts at DD or KK are not considered better because they are lighter...they use artificial flavors, colors etc. The "better" sufganyot in Israel and "jelly donuts" here, are from places that eschew the ordinary, and take the time and make the effort to use better ingredients, and create something that is not a "pale comparison" of its' namesake, but contain a Crusty exterior, almost "eggy" interior, and finally the nugget of "real Jam" at its' heart.
But, if you are a fan of donuts from national concerns....eat your heart out! I will search out the Mom and Pops who care about their product....fear not, you are after all, in the majority!
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I don't prefer KK donuts over great, artisanal donuts - my only point is that jelly donuts *are* sufganiyot, and sufganiyot *are* jelly donuts.
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I half agree--sufganiot are jelly donuts, but not all jelly donuts are sufganiot.
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Thanks, but you still have not answered my question. I would like an alternative to KK (not the real thing at all).
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None in Manhattan that I'm aware of. I know they have them at Pita Sababa on Kings Highway in Brooklyn (but lemme tell ya, they are identical to KK).
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I think Tal's Bagels make sufganyot - but please call and verify. Indeed, jelly donuts, provided that they are not (horror) iced, are sufganyot. There is one bakery on 9th avenue in the 40s (on the east side of the avenue) that displays what seems to be sufganyot, powdered sugar and all.
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Tal has them, but I don't think they make them on the premises - they're not "home made." They're just jelly doughnuts (which is what sufganiyot are).
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>>There is one bakery on 9th avenue in the 40s (on the east side of the avenue) that displays what seems to be sufganyot, powdered sugar and all.<<
The following are all on the east side of 9th in the 40's. Any idea which is correct? We're checking for ChowNews (our inexpensive weekly email tipsheet filled with the week's tips all organized and located).
Amy's Bread
672 9th Ave
Pozzo Pastry Shop
690 9th Ave
Trio French Bakery
476 9th Ave
Cupcake Cafe
522 9th Ave
Link: http://chowhound.safeshopper.com/23/c...
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What's the "real thing?" A sufganiya *is* a jelly doughnut. If you buy them in Israel, for example, from any bakery - it's a jelly doughnut. The Israeli bakeries in Brooklyn where I've bought them - same thing - it's a jelly doughnut. When I've made them at home - guess what - they're jelly doughnuts. Of course, there are good jelly doughnuts and lousy jelly doughnuts, just like there are good bagels and lousy bagels. If you think KK's jelly doughnuts are lousy, then of course that's your right - but they are certainly, by definition, sufganiyot. Look at the zillions of recipes on the web - they all say "jelly doughnuts" as an English definition.
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DEFINITELY GO TO BROOKLYN...head straight for the jelly donuts at the Rzeckchowska (I think) Bakery on Manhattan Avenue about two blocks north of the Greenpoint Avenue "G" train station.
GUARANTEED!
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I agree--I wouldn't liken KK donuts to sufganiyot based solely on the fact that the former don't dribble with oil. 'Jelly donut' is a broad term, and while both KK donuts and sufganiot could be classified under it, that doesn't mean that they're equal.
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they make a very home-made kind of jelly doughnut (better quality jelly, etc.) at cupcake cafe, but they don't always have a supply. i suggest you call them first.
i have had sufganiyot that seem different from "normal" jelly doughnuts here and there. mostly at kosher falafel joints like ali baba (on the upper west side) and the old pita express in manhattan--now "murray's"--near stuy town. what seemed different about them was that the batter was more challah-like. like it had more eggs in it--more wholesome to me. they are probably lighter when they are freshest, but they are kind of heavy. still they are less oily than typical jelly doughnuts.
my vote for a fried food for chanukah (better than sufganiyot or even latkas to me) would be the iraqi chickpea turnover called "sambuca" which they occasionally make at "village shawerma!"
happy holiday eating,
epicure-us
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I saw a mound of these (I assume thats what they were) in Village Shawarma yesterday).
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I think Silver Moon Bakery on Broadway and 105th Street is offering them this year. Call to confirm - it may be a special order.
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I might be making this up, but I seem to remember that they had them last year at Hoomoos Asli. This is a very vague recollection on my part, so definitely call and ask.
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May be a little late now, but I got one this morning at the kosher bakery on Grand St. just west of Kossar's. It wasn't earth-shatteringly good (I keep hoping), but it was a good, old-style, jelly donut, with a nice chewy dough around the (not excessive) jelly. Dark brown on the outside, a little bit of powdered sugar on the top... Definitely better than Krispy Kreme.
Sorry not to have a name/number for the shop, but I was drawn in by the piles of sufganiyot in the window (originally I was in the neighborhood looking for Heatmiser Altoids at the Rite Aid, having found some there earlier, but that's another story...).
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