Warning: Take an antacid before reading.
In the world of food hybrids, there are cronuts, ramen burgers, pizza cakes, cragels and now this: the ramen doughnut, affectionately nicknamed the "ramnut."
This creation comes to us from Josh Scherer of Culinary Bro-Down, whose cooking blog is known for creations such as the Flamin' Hot Cheetos burger and the spicy tuna corn dog.
Boston cream ramnut. It's a donut, but made out of ramen, because that's #smart. pic.twitter.com/98RFQw95i5— Josh Scherer (@CulinaryBroDown) November 13, 2014
Scherer said the recipe came to him while he was brainstorming a fresh take on a ramen-based food hybrid.
"Other food bloggers and recipe developers have done ramen burgers, ramen pizza, ramen lasagna, ramen tacos, but no one had done anything sweet before, so I figured I might as well go for it," he told Mashable. "It actually made sense in my mind, ramen itself has a totally neutral flavor, so it's going to take any shape and flavor profile you want it to."
I made ramen donuts, or as they're known on the streets, ramnuts #foodporn http://t.co/OyqPr7WX4A pic.twitter.com/bvKkn5zjj0— Josh Scherer (@CulinaryBroDown) November 12, 2014
This isn't Scherer's first attempt to fry ramen; in August, he created a noodle-based fry for a ramen poutine recipe. He attributes the frying method to Keizo Shimamoto, best known for his famous ramen burger.
The recipe features another curious addition: horchata. Scherer cooks his noodles in 64 ounces of the traditional beverage, often made with rice, sugar and warm spices. So, why horchata over other sugary drinks?
"When I come up with ideas, it's generally sitting around the TV shooting the sh*t with my roommates," he said. "I was running the idea past them when one asked, 'Well, how's it gonna taste sweet?' To which I half-jokingly responded, 'I don't know, we'll boil them in horchata or something.' And that half-joke turned into a recipe that's been disseminated to, I don't know, a hell of a lot of people at this point. I stand by the decision."
See the full recipe at Culinary Bro-Down.
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