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