Place butter in a small saucepan. Add water, salt, sugar, orange rind; bring to a boil. Add all the flour at once; stir until smooth. Cook, stirring until the mixture leaves sides of pan in a ball that does not separate. Remove from heat and cool till lukewarm. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition till smooth.
Drop dough from a teaspoon into plenty of hot olive oil. Cook over a moderately slow heat only as many doughnuts at a time as will float easily in oil. As soon as doughnuts rise to surface, turn with a long handled fork. Turn often until golden. Remove, hold over oil 1 second; drain on absorbent paper.
Prepare syrup as follows: boil 2 cups sugar, 1 cup water and 1 tablespoon lemon juice for 10 minutes. Pour syrup over doughnuts, sprinkle with cinnamon and serve hot. |
