Custard Pumpkin Doughnuts
HoneyCustard
Recipe Information
6
serves:
30 mins
prep time:
20 mins
cook time:
easy
difficulty:
Ingredients:
For the Doughnuts:
- 300 g self-raising flour
- 5 ml ground cinnamon
- 2 ml salt
- 30 ml castor sugar
- 400 g mashed pumpkin, cooked
- 200 ml First Choice Custard
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- sun flour oil for frying
For the Pecan and Cinnamon Caramel:
- 50 g pecan nuts
- 20 g First Choice Honey
- 40 g soft brown sugar
To Serve:
- 60 g castor sugar
- 2,5 ml ground cinnamon
- 250 ml First Choice Custard
Preparation method:
For the Doughnuts:
- Sieve together the self-raising flour, cinnamon, castor sugar and salt.
- In another bowl combine the pumpkin, eggs and First Choice Custard.
- Add the dry ingredients to the custard mixture and mix well to make the batter.
- Heat the oil to ±160°C and drop teaspoons full of batter into the hot oil.
- Cook for about 3 minutes until golden brown and cooked. Remove from the oil onto a paper towel to drain excess oil.
For the Pecan and Cinnamon Caramel:
- Heat the pecans in a non-stick pan on medium heat until lightly toasted. Remove from the pan and keep aside.
- Add the First Choice Honey and sugar into the frying pan and stir with a wooden spoon.
- Heat until it starts to bubble and all the sugar has dissolved.
- Tip the pecan nuts back into the pan and stir to coat with the caramel.
- Tip the pecans onto baking paper and cool completely.
- Crush with a rolling pin or in a food processor (not too fine).
To Serve:
- Combine the castor sugar and cinnamon and mix with the crushed pecan and cinnamon caramel.
- Place the pumpkin doughnuts in serving bowls and sprinkle generously with the cinnamon and pecan nut mixture.
- Drizzle with First Choice Custard.