Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix, 28 Oz (Pack of 1)

If you’ve ever been to Café Du Monde in New Orleans, this mix brings that same magic home. The beignets come out light, fluffy, and golden with just the right crisp. Super easy to make—just add water, roll, cut, and fry. Don’t forget a generous dusting of powdered sugar! One box makes a lot, so it’s great for sharing (or not). Perfect for weekend brunches or a sweet treat anytime. Tastes authentic and delicious!

I'm a New Orleans native living away from the city. My wife and I like to have Beignets on Sunday mornings. Our results vary, surprisingly some times. On our recent trip to New Orleans we stood behind Cafe Du Monde by Jackson Square and watched the pros making the tasty fritters and learned a couple of things. 1) The dough needs to be very very moist. It almost oozes when they drop it into the machine that rolls them out. 2) The instructions tell you to use a lot of flower. We werent using enough, but when your dough is super wet you really need that flour. 3) The instructions say 1/8 of an inch but i think that they should be closer to 3/16's or a quarter of an inch. I think that the directions call for 2 cups of mix to make 2 dozen Beignets, i think that 2 cups of mix should give you closer to 1 dozen. (we usually make half that much) 4) 370 seems to be a good oil temp, as the instructions request. To know that you have the mix thick and wet enough the beignets should take just about 4 minutes to cook. If they cook faster than that, they are either too thin or too dry or both. (We timed the cook at Cafe du Monde at just about 3:50) 5) When the pros make them, they toss the flower covered dough into the oil and dunk them occasionally as they're getting all of the beignets tossed in. One they're all in, they use a perforated screen material to hold them submerged during the rest of cooking. We had an epiphany when watching this. We could get a very similar result at home by taking the basket out of our deep frier and tossing the beignets directly into the oil. The thing is, the beignets will float, so you can easily scoop them out with a slotted spoon. This allows us to use the basket to keep them pushed under the oil. I tried this yesterday and it worked great. A couple of the beignets touched the heating element and got a little burn mark on them but either way, these were the best i've ever made. My wife cant tell the difference but i swear that the sugar that they used in New Orleans tastes different than the stuff we've been getting from our super market. It's sweeter and has no after taste. I find our confectioners sugar has a slightly bitter after taste. I think that theirs tends to want to clump a little which makes me think that the store bought stuff has an ingredient to keep it from clumping that theirs lacks. I'm going to be on the hunt for a higher quality sugar. I hope that these tips help someone. Good luck. Also, if you ever get the chance to visit Cafe du Monde, you should do so. If for no better reason than to give your pallet an ideal to strive for!

So easy to make beignets. They taste just like the ones at Café Dumond in New Orleans.

These are delicious! And really easy to make.

I followed the instructions on the box to the letter it was sort of a mess. The dough is super sticky when first mixed. Rolling this dough is a challenge, it needs to be thicker than 1/8 of an inch per the box and the dough needs to rise for at least and hour until it doubles in size - also not on the box recipe. I watched about 6 videos on beignets on the web, 3 from NOLA and 5 of 6 said that the dough has to rise and double - 1 to 2 hours. They also said grape seed oil was the oil of choice. The reason for the 4 stars is I think the recipe on the box needs tweaking based on the videos I watched. The actual mix is excellent! My first batch came out tasty but misshapen - see the photos. As I mentioned, they were very hard to roll. Mine looked a lot more like Chrusciki, a Polish pastry than Beignets (see the photo of Chrusciki). The box says use flour liberally. The videos said at least 1/4 cup of flour. That’s more than “liberally”. I used a deep fryer with canola oil at 370 degrees and that temp seemed ideal. Next time, I’ll let the dough rise until it doubles and the roll the dough thicker - like 1/4 inch plus. And use a LOT more flour! I’m sure they will come out fine next time. The actual mix is terrific. I just have to work out the details. Fun learning curve!

Easy prep and delicious taste

Obviously, this product yields Café Du Monde perfect beignets, but only if you follow directions for consistency and thickness EXACTLY and practice kitchen safety with hot oil. Ça c’est bon, says this Cajun!

Easy to make

Laut Artikeleschreibung "Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix 28oz - 4 Unit Pack by Cafe Du Monde" sollten es 4 Packungen sein. Auch im Artikelgewicht werden 3175.10 gramm angeführt, was genau den 793,8 g pro Packung entspricht. Geliefert wurde heute jedoch nur EINE Packung. Das ist Kundenverarschung vom Feinsten... :(

Good Beignets

J'ai acheter un lot de 4 unités pour un poids de plus de 3kg et je n'ai reçu qu'une seule unité de 792gr. cela fait cher le kilo !! J'attends de voir si la suite va arriver ...

Quality

I ordered this on November 12th, 2024 and the product actually Expired October 17th, 2024! I can not return the item and I am trying to figure out how to get my money back! Not a happy customer!