Berliner Boules (Bomboloni) with Pastry Cream

🍩 Berliner Boules (Bomboloni) with Pastry Cream

Soft, golden doughnuts with a creamy vanilla custard filling — perfect for dessert or a special breakfast treat.

🧾 Ingredients
For the Doughnut Dough:
500 g T45 or all-purpose flour

65 g sugar

170 ml milk (lukewarm, adjust slightly if needed)

15 g fresh baker’s yeast (or 8 g dried yeast)

2 egg yolks + 1 whole egg (approx. 96 g without shell)

80 g unsalted butter, softened

For the Pastry Cream:
500 ml whole milk

5 egg yolks

100 g caster sugar

50 g wheat flour

½ to 1 vanilla pod (split and scraped) or 1 tbsp + 1 tsp natural vanilla extract

👩‍🍳 Preparation

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