Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, picaronés (squash and sweet potato doughnuts). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Picarones (or Picaron singular) are a Peruvian dessert that originated in Lima during the viceroyalty. It is somewhat similar to buñuelos, a type of doughnut brought to the colonies by Spanish conquistadors. Its principal ingredients are squash and sweet potato.
Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have picaronés (squash and sweet potato doughnuts) using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts):
- Make ready Syrup
- Make ready 1 cup Molasses
- Make ready 1/2 cup Light brown sugar
- Make ready 2 Cloves
- Take 1 Cinnamon stick
- Make ready 1 Allspice
- Take 1/2 Peel of an orange
- Get 2 cup Water
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp Anise seeds
- Make ready Dough
- Make ready 150 grams Sweet potato
- Prepare 80 grams Macre squash
- Prepare 80 grams Loche squash (both types of squash can be substituted for butternut squash)
- Make ready 300 grams Plain flour
- Get 4 grams Fresh yeast (you can get this from most bakers)
- Make ready 3 tbsp Granulated sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp Salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Anise seed
- Take 1/4 cup Cola
- Prepare 2/3 cup Anise seed tea
- Take 1 Oil for deep frying
These light and crispy doughnut-like fried treats are served for dessert in Peru and Chile. Picarones are addictively good, and not just because they are fried dough. They have an intriguing spicy sweet flavor, kind of like a spice cake, but they are crispy and warm and dripping with syrup. Picarones or Peruvian doughnuts are a typical Peruvian treat and are as good as American Doughnuts but are easier to make.
Steps to make Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts):
- For Syrup - Put all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil
- Let it cook until the mixture is thick and syrupy
- Strain into a suitable container off the heat and let it cool down
- Refrigerate until needed
- For Dough - bring a pan of water to the boil
- Add the sweet potato and cook until tender
- Drain sweet potato and repeat with the squash
- Put vegetables in a blender and blend until puréed
- Put the veg in a large bowl with the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, anise seeds,cola, and tea
- Using your hands, combine ingredients into a dough then kneed for 20 mins until smooth
- Leave the dough in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours to prove
- Heat the oil in a large pan or in a deep-fryer to 180°C or until a crude of bread Browns in 30 seconds
- Take pieces of the dough and shape into ring, then drop carefully into the hot oil and cook until crispy and golden
- Drain well then drizzle on the syrup to finish
This recipe uses butternut squash but you can also use pumpkin (which is part of the squash family) and sweet potato. Picarones are a Peruvian sweet snack originating from the city of Lima. The best way to describe them is as a doughnut made from squash and sweet potato. Peel the potato and squash and cut into big chunks. Place into a pan, cover with cold water and add the whole spices.
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