Picarónes (pumpkin and sweet potato doughnuts)

Name: Picarónes (pumpkin and sweet potato doughnuts)
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 1 min
Cuisine: American, Latin American
Ingredients: 5cm cinnamon stick; 4 whole cloves; 4 star anise; 4 tbsp caster sugar; 200g peeled, deseeded and chopped pumpkin (or butternut squash); 200g peeled and chopped sweet potato; 1 tsp easy bake yeast; 1⁄2 tsp salt; 300g strong white bread flour, plus extra for shaping vegetable oil, for frying; 200g dark brown soft sugar; 1 star anise; 6 whole cloves; 1 orange, peel only; 1 pineapple, peel only

Instructions

Cook:1min

You’ll typically find these snacks on the street corners of Lima. The name ‘picarón’ translates as a cheeky, mischievous person and these live up to that name! They’re fun to make, a bit messy, and require patience, especially while you are forming the dough rings.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 08:03:33 GMT