How To Make: Butternut Fritters Smothered in a Sweet Caramel Sauce

No one can resist these rich, sticky and sweet butternut fritters with caramel sauce! Whip these melt-in-your-mouth bites together in only 40 minutes and watch this family favourite disappear in a flash…This is also the perfect way to sneak vegetables onto the plates of even the most veggie-averse eaters.

The fritters are traditionally prepared with pumpkin, but for this recipe, butternut has been used as it provides a firmer consistency.

The batter is incredibly simple to make. Flour and baking powder are mixed with butternut puree and egg to form a smooth, thick batter. Spoonfuls of the batter are fried until golden and crisp before being drenched in the delicious caramel sauce. 

As a variation of the sweet caramel sauce, you could also add a pinch of salt flakes for a salted caramel sauce which will complement the taste of the butternut fritters.

You could also roll the butternut fritters in cinnamon sugar with a squeeze of some lemon juice. You decide.

Although this comforting recipe is usually associated with cold winter weather, these fritters are the perfect side dish to add to any meal — or even serve up as dessert after a satisfying Sunday lunch!

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Butternut Fritters Smothered in a Sweet Caramel Sauce

These light and fluffy butternut fritters drizzled with caramel sauce can be served as a side dish or even dessert!

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Global

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 40 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Author Melissa Jacobs

Ingredients

BUTTERNUT FRITTERS

• 2 medium cooked butternuts (cubed and mashed afterwards)
• 375 ml flour
• 5 ml baking powder
• 2 eggs

CARAMEL SAUCE

• 125 ml butter
• 100 ml brown sugar
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• 125 ml vegetable oil

Instructions

• Mix the butternut, eggs, flour and baking powder.
• Heat half the oil in a frying pan to a medium heat. 
• Scoop spoonfuls (not more than four at a time) in the pan.
• When it is cooked halfway through, turn it over.
• When golden brown, place on kitchen towel paper to remove excess oil.
• Place in an oven dish.
• Repeat until batter is finished.
• Replenish oil if needed.
• In a saucepan, heat the butter and add the sugar and vanilla.
• Cook on medium heat until a thick sauce is formed.
• Pour the caramel sauce over the fritters.
• Place in a medium preheated oven for 10 minutes before serving.

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