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Sweet Pumpkin Fritters

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Sweet Pumpkin Fritters

While I was enjoying my
pumpkin and feta fritters
, thoughts of making a pumpkin pie with grated pumpkin were dancing through my head. I realized that all of the fritters that I had made recently were savoury fritters; Why not try a sweet fritter? Why not a sweet pumpkin pie like fritter? I immediatly set about writing up a recipe. I added a bit of sugar so that the fritters themselves would be on the sweeter side, followed by some cinnamon and spices and how could you go wrong with some raisins and nuts? The sweet pumpkin fritters turned out so well! In fact I have already made them two times. The first time I topped them with honey (Just look at the honey dripping down that stack of fritters!) and the second time I made a spiced citrus honey syrup based on the syrup that I used on the
baklava french toast
that I made a while ago and they were even better! They are just perfect for a weekend breakfast or brunch.

Sweet Pumpkin Fritters

Sweet Pumpkin Fritters

Servings: 2
ingredients
  • 2 cups pumpkin (grated)
  • 1/4 cup walnuts (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon mace
  • 1/2 teaspoon orange zest
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons oil
directions
  1. Mix the pumpkin, walnuts, raisins, sugar, spices, flour and egg in a bowl.
  2. Heat the oil in a pan.
  3. Spoon the pumpkin mixture into the pan and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes per side.

Spiced Citrus Honey Syrup

ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon lemon rind
  • 1 teaspoon orange rind
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon (or a cinnamon stick)
directions
  1. Simmer everything until it takes on a syrupy consistency and then let cool.
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  5. You really have developed a gift over the past couple of years, it looks like both for cooking and photography. Thanks for sharing your creativity and abilities with the rest of us, Kevin. These fritters look beautiful.

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  13. Kevin, I love how you always seem to use seasonal veggies in all of your recipes. That is how I like to cook too. I am always looking for more recipes that use pumpkin, squash etc. as I grow lots of these in my garden.
    Thanks.

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  18. What a great idea – I've never heard sweet pumpkin fritters before – very original! Do you think topping with maple syrup would work as well?

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  27. Oh, how wonderful! South Africans are huge fans of cinnamonny pumpkin fritters too, but the citru-flavoured syrup to cut through the sweetness is just inspired!

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  29. I should be working…instead I am going crazy over the pictures of your fritters…I keep linking from one recipe to another. I really love your photography and your dishes look amazing. Thank you for sharing.

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  30. We have something very similar in South Africa that we call "pampoenkoekies" (lit: pumpkin cookies), but they aren't cookies, they're fritters, like these. They don't contain any raisins or nuts though and is served sprinkled with cinnamon sugar (just like we serve our pancakes). We eat them like that as a vegetable sidedish (crazy right?), but it would be great as dessert too.

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  32. Hmm, these look great! Might try adding bacon, subtracting the walnuts, and topping with maple syrup rather than honey…

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