Crispy Spiced Sweet Potato Fritters
 
 
Crispy, spiced sweet potato fritters with cinnamon, nutmeg and a dusting of powdered sugar.
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Serves: 25 small fritters
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (150g) plain flour
  • ⅓ cup (35g) caster sugar (aka superfine sugar)
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • ½ cup roasted, mashed sweet potato
  • ⅓ cup (85ml) milk
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • oil, for frying
  • icing sugar (powdered sugar) to serve
Instructions
  1. Place the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add the sweet potato, eggs and milk and stir together until everything is combined - you should have a thick batter.
  3. Place 2 inches of oil into a deep-sided saucepan, and clip a candy thermometer to the edge of the pan. Heat the oil, over a medium flame, to 180C/350F.
  4. Carefully drop tbsp sized dollops of batter into the oil, and leave to cook for 3-4 minutes, or until dark golden brown.
  5. Remove the a wire rack, with some foil underneath it to catch the draining oil.
  6. Repeat until all the batter is used.
  7. Dust the fritters thickly with icing sugar to serve.
Recipe by The Sugar Hit at http://www.thesugarhit.com/2015/08/sweet-potato-fritters.html