Chinese pineapple fritters are simple to cook and absolutely delicious, fresh pineapple slices in a golden brown crispy vanilla batter, sprinkled with a touch of sugar, and served with a cinnamon and ginger toffee dip
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How to make Chinese pineapple fritters
Simple to cook golden brown fritters encasing delicious fresh pineapple simply dusted in sugar and served with a toffee sauce. To make these crispy fritters peel and cut the pineapple into rings and then halves. Make a batter by creating a well in the flour adding the egg incorporating into the flour with the milk, and adding the sugar and vanilla essence. Dip the pineapple into the vanilla batter and shallow fry the pineapple fritter till crisp and golden brown, drain on a piece of kitchen paper and then coat in sugar
melt the butter, and brown sugar in a pan and then lightly spice with cinnamon, ginger, and star anise. cook till thick and dipping consistency then add the cream. Serve with the warm toffee dipping sauce.
These fritters can be made with fresh or tinned pineapple, if your using tinned make sure you drain fully, if the slices are too wet the batter will not stick, if this is the case lay the slices on some kitchen roll to drain a little before dipping them in the batter.
They are the perfect dessert any time of the year. They are
quick to cook and taste delicious coated in caster sugar
Serve them as a dessert in a Chinese dinner party menu, we
serve them for the sweet course, with char sui duck for the main and chicken
wings for the starter. If you don’t fancy Chinese then swap the sauce for chocolate, coconut and rum sauce and use them in a Caribbean-themed party.
This sweet is ideal for adults and children alike, so serve them for family gatherings or at dinner with friends. If it’s a family event and you think the kids might not like the spicy toffee sauce, then split the sauce into two pans before you add the spices, so you have a plain sauce for the kids and a spicy one for the grown-ups
What to eat with pineapple fritters?
We serve them with a delicious Chinese spiced toffee sauce; the fritter batter is flavoured with vanilla, so you can change the sauce for something completely different if you like, we suggest
These light crispy fritters are a popular sweet to go with your Chinese food, what makes them so special is the delicious sticky toffee dipping sauce with its combination of Asian sweet spices