Pumpkin Fritters Pampoenkoekies Food

PUMPKIN FRITTERS / PAMPOEN KOEKIES

Steps:

• Combine the pumpkin, flour, baking powder and salt to form a soft batter.
• Add the egg and beat well.
• HEat the butter, margarine or oil in a frying pan until it sizzles.
• Drop spoonfuls of the batter in the fat and fry the fritters on both sides until golden brown.
• Remove and keep warm. Serve hot, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon and garnished with slices of lemon.

PUMPKIN FRITTERS (PAMPOENKOEKIES)

Steps:

• FRITTERS:.
• Sift all dry ingredients.
• Mash pumpkin finely and beat in egg yolks.
• Whisk egg whites til light and fluffy - do not make them too stiff.
• Gently mix egg whites into pumpkin and then fold pumpkin mixture into dry ingredients.
• Fry tablespoonsful of fritter batter in hot oil until golden brown.
• Drain on paper towel and place into ovenproof dish.
• Now preheat the oven to 180°C.
• SYRUP:.
• Bring water, sugar, butter, milk, cinnamon, and salt to the boil, lower heat and thicken with flour.
• Pour syrup over fritters and bake for 15 - 30 minutes.

PUMPKIN FRITTERS

Steps:

• Lightly salt the grated pumpkin and put in a colander to drain for 1/2 an hour.
• Get out as much water as you can by squeezing the pumpkin between your hands, before proceeding with recipe.
• Lightly saute the onion and green onion in 1 tblsp olive oil in a non-stick skillet.
• In a bowl, combine the pumpkin with the onion and add the feta, egg and dill.
• When this is combined well, add the flour, a little at a time, until you have a very soft dough.
• Take a tablespoonful of the pumpkin dough and drop into a the flour you've put aside for dredging.
• Gently press down on the dough to give it a pillowey-disk shape.
• Turn over and dredge other side.
• Do this to a number of fritters (as many as you think will fit into your frying pan at one go without over-crowding).
• Heat oil (we use olive oil here in Greece, but a vegetable oil could be used instead) over medium heat and, when hot, add fritters.
• Fry until deep golden-brown on both sides.
• Remove to paper towels to drain.
• Repeat, using up remaining fritter dough.