Picarones
Crisp rings of squash and sweet potato dough, served with a warm spiced syrup.
- Time1 hr 30
- LevelHard
- Costabout £0.35 a head
Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.
Ingredients
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Method
- 1
Boil the squash and sweet potato in the water for 15 minutes. Drain, keeping the water. Mash very smooth.
15 min - 2
Mix 100 ml of warm cooking water with the yeast. Leave 10 minutes.
10 min - 3
Mix the mash, flour, aniseed, salt and yeast water into a very soft sticky dough. Cover and rest for 1 hour.
60 min - 4
Simmer the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, orange peel and 200 ml water for 10 minutes into a syrup.
10 min - 5
Heat oil to 180C. Wet your hand, pick up some dough, and drop in rings.
- 6
Fry for 2 minutes each side. Drain and serve with the syrup.
4 min
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