WILLOWTON Group recently shared a recipe for pumpkin fritters with caramel sauce that was created by one of their chefs.
Pumpkin fritters are a delicious meal that can be served as either a breakfast treat or as a dessert.
Indulge your taste buds with this savoury meets sweet combination. The well-loved South African recipe uses pumpkin that is fried and then drenched in salted caramel sauce.
Pumpkin fritters are best served warm so make sure that you try to eat them hot off the griddle.
The salted caramel sauce can be substituted for confectioners sugar or a sugar-cinnamon mix for some crunchy sweetness.
Pumpkin fritters with caramel sauce
Serves 6 – 8
Ingredients
. Pumpkin fritters:
1 cup cooked, drained and puréed pumpkin
1 cup cake flour
10ml baking powder
30ml caster sugar
1 egg
60ml milk
1ml salt
Sunfoil Sunflower oil, for deep frying
. Salted caramel sauce:
¾ cup sugar
1 cup cream
5ml vanilla extract
60ml Sunshine D Original Margarine brick
½ cup golden syrup
5ml sea salt flakes
Method
. Pumpkin fritters:
- Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix until you have a smooth batter.
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan and fry spoonfuls of the batter, in batches, until golden brown and cooked through, approximately two to three minutes.
- Use a slotted spoon to remove the fritters from the oil and allow to drain well on kitchen paper. Repeat, until all the fritters are cooked and keep warm.
. Salted caramel sauce:
- Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and allow to cook over a medium heat for 10-15 minutes until the sauce is thick and glossy.
- Pour the syrup over the warm fritters and serve at once.
. Source: Willowton Group, one of Africa’s leading edible oil processors, as well as one of the leading competitors in the South African FMCG market.