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Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, picaronés (squash and sweet potato doughnuts). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts) is something which I have loved my entire life.

A Richly Spiced Sweet Potato Filling Topped W/ Marshmallow Meringue. Picarones are a Peruvian sweet snack originating from the city of Lima. The best way to describe them is as a doughnut made from squash and sweet potato.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook picaronés (squash and sweet potato doughnuts) using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts):

1. Make ready Syrup
2. Make ready 1 cup Molasses
3. Make ready 1/2 cup Light brown sugar
4. Prepare 2 Cloves
5. Prepare 1 Cinnamon stick
6. Make ready 1 Allspice
7. Prepare 1/2 Peel of an orange
8. Take 2 cup Water
9. Take 1/2 tbsp Anise seeds
10. Get Dough
11. Make ready 150 grams Sweet potato
12. Get 80 grams Macre squash
13. Get 80 grams Loche squash (both types of squash can be substituted for butternut squash)
14. Get 300 grams Plain flour
15. Get 4 grams Fresh yeast (you can get this from most bakers)
16. Make ready 3 tbsp Granulated sugar
17. Get 1/2 tsp Salt
18. Get 1/2 tsp Anise seed
19. Make ready 1/4 cup Cola
20. Prepare 2/3 cup Anise seed tea
21. Make ready 1 Oil for deep frying

For this recipe, you need to use orange fleshed sweet potatoes, called camote in Spanish speaking markets. Do not use batata, the purple skinned, cream colored flesh sweet potatoes. Panela/ Piloncillo Picarónes (pumpkin and sweet potato doughnuts) This will be saved to your scrapbook. Send a link to this recipe to a friend or your own e-mail address as a reminder.

Steps to make Picaronés (Squash And Sweet Potato Doughnuts):

1. For Syrup - Put all the ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil
2. Let it cook until the mixture is thick and syrupy
3. Strain into a suitable container off the heat and let it cool down
4. Refrigerate until needed
5. For Dough - bring a pan of water to the boil
6. Add the sweet potato and cook until tender
7. Drain sweet potato and repeat with the squash
8. Put vegetables in a blender and blend until puréed
9. Put the veg in a large bowl with the flour, yeast, sugar, salt, anise seeds,cola, and tea
10. Using your hands, combine ingredients into a dough then kneed for 20 mins until smooth
11. Leave the dough in a warm place for 1 1/2 hours to prove
12. Heat the oil in a large pan or in a deep-fryer to 180°C or until a crude of bread Browns in 30 seconds
13. Take pieces of the dough and shape into ring, then drop carefully into the hot oil and cook until crispy and golden
14. Drain well then drizzle on the syrup to finish

Picarones or Peruvian doughnuts are a typical Peruvian treat and are as good as American Doughnuts but are easier to make. This is a traditional Picarones recipe that's simple to make and the resulting Picarones will tempt you to devour them all. This recipe uses butternut squash but you can also use pumpkin (which is part of the squash family) and sweet potato. In a small pot, bring the water, sweet potato, cinnamon stick and aniseed to a boil. Drain the potatoes and return to the pot.

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