Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce

Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce | The Sugar Hit

 

It’s not often that you get to whip something up in 15 minutes, without turning the oven on, and have it bring utter happiness and joy into your life AND you can serve it to your gluten intolerant friends.

 

This is that, you guys. This is exactly that. And yes, there is deep frying involved, but THIS is the recipe to try if you have deep fry fear. Because, like Nigella herself, I encourange you to select a small saucepan, fill it only half-full with oil, and use a teaspoon to drop in little batter balls. Nothing could be less intimidating.

 

Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce | The Sugar Hit

 

I will steal Nigella’s cooking mantra (one of them, anyway) and say to you ‘feel the fear, and cook it anyway!’.  Because before you know it, you will have a light-as-air, ramshackle pile of perfectly golden, deliciously milky and tender ricotta fritters.

 

There is no word to describe these fritters which could possibly convey their feather-lightness. I’m sorry, but you’re just going to have to make them. Really. And I’ve given you both gluten-full and gluten-free options in the recipe, so you really have no excuse not to.

 

Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce | The Sugar Hit

 

The chocolate-orange sauce, is it necessary? Not really. These are great on their own; better than great! But hey, this isn’t a blog about what’s necessary. This is a blog about what’s great.

 

Babes, make this. Make this, bask in a little sunshine, sip on a hot black coffee and enjoy life.

 

xx Sarah.

 

Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce | The Sugar Hit

Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce
 
Deliciously light, super simple and easy gluten free ricotta fritters with silky, fragrant chocolate orange sauce.
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Ingredients
For the fritters:
  • 100g fresh ricotta cheese
  • 40g gluten free plain flour blend (or all purpose flour)
  • Pinch of xanthan gum (leave out if using all purpose flour)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste (or extract)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • canola oil, for frying
For the chocolate sauce:
  • ½ cup (125ml) cream
  • 75g dark chocolate
  • Pinch of cinnamon (optional)
  • Juice and zest of an orange
Instructions
  1. To make the fritters, place the ricotta, flour, baking powder, egg and sugar into a mixing bowl and stir together with a wooden spoon until well combined.
  2. In a small, deep saucepan, heat about 2-3 cm of canola oil, until a piece of the ricotta mixture bubbles and floats to the surface when added.
  3. Using two teaspoons, drop teaspoonfuls of the batter into the oil, and cook for about a minute. They will turn a beautiful golden brown, and flip over in the oil themselves.
  4. Remove the fritters, and drain briefly on paper towels, while you continue until all the batter is cooked.
  5. To make the chocolate sauce, simply melt all the ingredients together in a small saucepan.
  6. Serve hot, with a black coffee or some washed whole strawberries.
 

Ricotta Fritters with Chocolate Orange Sauce | The Sugar Hit

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