Before I started making these, beignets weren’t usually filled. I started by stuffing them with praline filling. I said, OK — if we can do this with sweet, let’s see what we could do with ...

It's the expert way that these pastries are cut and fried that makes Café du Monde's beignets a legend in New Orleans. People compare beignets to doughnuts, funnel cake, and other sugar-topped ...