Peach Puffs

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups Astro® Original Balkan Plain 6% yogurt, divided
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp ground cardamom
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup Lactantia® PurFiltre® 2% milk
• 1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp icing sugar
• 2 fresh small peaches, peeled and cubed and pat dry or ½ cup canned peaches, cubed
• Vegetable oil for frying

Preparation

1. Stir 1 cup Astro Original Balkan Plain 6% yogurt with baking soda in a small bowl and set aside.
2. Stir flour with baking powder, cardamom and salt in a medium bowl.
3. Whisk egg with sugar in a large bowl, then whisk in yogurt mixture. Fold in flour mixture until combined. Gradually stir in milk. Let rest 10 min.
4. Stir remaining ½ cup Astro Original Balkan Plain 6% yogurt with 1 tbsp icing sugar in same yogurt bowl, until smooth.
5. Place remaining 1 ½ cups icing sugar in a pie plate.
6. Pour oil into a large pot until it reaches 2 in. up the side. Clip a deep-fry thermometer to the side. Heat over medium until temperature reaches 350ºF. Adjust heat as needed to keep temperature at 350ºF during cooking.
7. Scoop a heaping tbsp of batter, pressing 2 to 3 pieces of peach into centre before gently adding to oil. Fry 6 to 8 puffs at a time, until golden, about 2 min. Remove puffs and immediately add to icing sugar, tossing to coat. Serve warm or at room temperature with sweetened yogurt.