Bugnes Lyonnaise
Bugnes Lyonnaise (like all beignets) are synonymous with the festivities during Mardi Gras, the period before Ash Wednesday which begins the forty-day Lenten period of abstinence for Catholics. Beignets are fried pastry dough topped with icing sugar and eaten warm. To Americans beignets are simply doughnuts but in France beignets can be sweet or savory.