Red, White, and Blue Beignets!

While watching The Princess and the Frog, I couldn't stop looking at the delicious desserts that Tiana served up at the restaurant. They were deep fried and covered in powdered sugar; two things that add up to a great dessert! Here is a picture from the movie where Tiana makes those amazing looking desserts:

After doing some research, I learned that the doughy desserts that Tiana was making are beignets (pronounced ben-YAY). Beignets are popular in the French Quarter of New Orleans, as they are pretty much the French version of a doughnut.

I wanted to modify my beignets a little by adding fruit and cream cheese topping. I ended up creating three different sauces for my beignets: strawberry compote, blueberry compote, and cinnamon brown sugar cream cheese.

Here are the fresh fruits I used for the compotes:

Frying up the beignets:

Here is a close-up of the doughy, powdery beignet pile!

And here are the beignets with the different toppings:

Enjoy!