Snacks and Light Meals Recipes - Banana Rum Fritters Recipe

  
 

Desserts Recipes - Banana Rum Fritters Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 4

  • 4 large, ripe bananas

  • 25 g/1 oz sugar

  • 5 tablespoons dark rum oil, for deep-frying

Batter:

  • 75 g/3 oz plain flour

  • pinch of salt

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 150 ml/1/4 pint water

  • 2 egg whites

To serve:

  • vanilla sugar

  • ground cinnamon

Method:

  1. Peel the bananas and cut them diagonally into slices about 1 cm/1/2 inch thick. Place them in a shallow dish and sprinkle with the sugar. Pour the rum over the top and set aside for 1 1/2 hours, turning from time to time.

  2. Meanwhile, make the batter. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and gradually mix in the oil and water. Mix to a smooth batter and leave to stand for 1 hour.

  3. Just before the batter is needed, beat the egg whites stiffly and then lightly fold them into the batter. Drain the banana slices and dip them into the batter so that they completely coated.

  4. Heat the oil for deep-frying to 180-190°C (35O-375°F) or until a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds. Fry the banana pieces, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides.

  5. Drain on absorbent kitchen paper. Serve the fritters really hot, sprinkled with vanilla sugar and cinnamon.