Turn pumpkin into tasty desserts and try the Hairy Bikers' quick and easy recipe for South African pumpkin fritters, flavoured with cinnamon and sprinkled with lots of sugar
Ingredients
- 240g cooked pumpkin, dry (wash the pumpkin and pat it dry)
- 60g all-purpose flour
- ½tsp salt
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- 2tsp baking powder (not soda)
- 2tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- Oil (for shallow frying)
- Cinnamon or sugar (optional)
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Method
- Mix the pumpkin and all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Add the eggs and mix until the batter is thick and will hold its shape when tested with a spoon. If the batter is too stiff, add a tiny amount of milk or more flour if too runny.
- Heat oil in a pan, scoop up heaped tbsp of batter and place into pan leaving a good space between fritters.
- Fry both sides until firm and golden.
- To test if the fritters are cooked, press them down lightly - if they spring back then they are cooked.
- Serve warm, either as a side dish, or as a dessert with plenty of crunchy cinnamon flavoured sugar.
Top Tip for making Hairy Bikers' pumpkin fritters
Look out for ready-prepared pumpkin or to prepare a fresh pumpkin, start by cutting out a section, as if you were cutting a cake (about an 8th each time), starting from the stalk and cutting down to the bottom. Take the section out, cut off the tough skin and keep the fleshy bit for chopping up and cooking.
Simon King and David Myers are the fantastic duo that make up the Hairy Bikers and are best known as Si and Dave. The Hairy Bikers have several cookbooks published including How to Love Food and Lose Weight and Eat for Life. Hairy Biker recipes are always triple tested and try to be as fuss-free as possible so you can trust the timings. Si and Dave have also had several hit cooking shows as they remain as one of the UK’s favourite cookery duos.
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