Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix 28oz - 4 Unit Pack

by Café Du Monde

Product Features

• Beignet's are square french-style doughnuts, lavishly covered with powdered sugar
• 28 oz box makes up to four dozen beignets
• The original Café du Monde Coffee Shop was established on 1862 in the New Orleans French Market
• 4/28 oz boxes

Product Description

Beignets were also brought to Louisiana by the Arcadians. These were fried fritters, sometimes filled with fruit. Today the beignet is a square piece of dough, fried in cottonseed oil and covered with powdered sugar. They are served in orders of three.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002IMRVU
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,047 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't pay this much, May 2, 2007

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M. Williams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix 28oz - 4 Unit Pack (Misc.)

This product is wonderful. BUT you shouldn't pay this much. on Cafe du Monde's web site you can get this for much less, i believe that it is $2.45 plus $7 for shipping (it is 1.5 lbs) go there to get this!!!!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mix is fine; challenge is the prep and the frying, December 28, 2007

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Richard F. Lyon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix 28oz - 4 Unit Pack (Misc.)

After several dismal failures using a pot on the stove, I finally had great success after firing up the big turkey fryer kettle/propane burner in the driveway, using about 8 inches of peanut oil. Taking advice of others - refrigerate the dough for several hours, and then make sure you roll out the dough to EXACTLY 1/8th inch thickness like the instructions say, about the same as a piece of corrugated cardboard - no thinner (don't puff up and turn out like cookies) and no thicker (too heavy, flat and thick - like they serve at the Cafe Beignet and some other places). I started test frying them at 320-340 degrees, but finally got the best result at higher temperature of 380-400. First time I've ever had them puff up perfectly like at Cafe du Monde, light and fluffy like little pillows with one inch vertical rise. Good luck.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World-Famous New Orleans Donut squares you can make at home!, October 7, 2004

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DAVERAT "daverat" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cafe Du Monde Beignet Mix 28oz - 4 Unit Pack (Misc.)

Anyone who has ever visited New Orleans will most likely have a tale to tell of a late-night or early morning visit to the world-famous Cafe Du Monde (cafe of the world) for a snack of Beignets and Chicory coffee.

This simple little square fritter with powdered sugar is often imitated but somehow never quite the same as the cafe Du Monde version. The authetic mix guarantees you that Cafe Du Monde taste and they are relatively easy to fry up at home for a weekend morning treat. Traditonally fried in Cottonseed oil, most home-cooks opt for a healthier, lighter oil but anyway you fry them, these are not exactly health food!

Essentially, Beignets are fried dough covered with generous amounts of powedered sugar. Traditionally served by themselves on a plate a of three with cups of Chicory coffee, you can, if you want, get adventurous and fill them with fruit (cherry works best) compote or sweet cream cheese for variety. You can also set a few sugared blueberries and a sprig of mint in the middle of a plate of three beignets for a classic presentation. They are so scrumptious that you needen't really offer anything else but some folks like to include Beignets as part of a larger brunch menu. Me, I prefer just the Beignets with their traditional beverage, for a mid-morning light brunch. These are best if fried up in large batches for a group since frying anything in small amounts seems like too much effort for too little outcome, but one box at a time is okay too.

While there are plenty of beignet recipes out there, this mix is super-easy and carries the Cafe Du Monde name. They turn out well and taste very much like the real thing. It is worth the effort to make sure you also serve up some Chicory Coffee as well since it is the pairing of the two that evokes the strong memory of nights in New Orleans. The strong taste of the Chicory compliments the simplicity of the beignets beautifully.