Buñuelos the Piña - Pineapple Fritters
"Deliciousness... Just guessing as to servings and amount of pineapple that will be used, as sizes will vary."
Original is 6 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (277.3 g)
- Calories 654
- Total Fat - 24.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.6 g
- Cholesterol - 881.1 mg
- Sodium - 257.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 89.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
- Sugars - 5.7 g
- Protein - 18.6 g
- Calcium - 163.7 mg
- Iron - 4.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 60.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Sift flour, sugar and salt together. Add the beaten egg yolks, lemon zest, and milk - stir to combine. Fold the stiff egg whites into the flour mixture to make a fluffy batter.
Step 2
Heat the shortening or oil in a deep frying pan. Dip pineapple slices in the batter and fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
Note: You'll likely only use 6 slices of the pineapple, depending on the size of the pineapple and your batter.
Step 3
Serve, sprinkled with powdered sugar if desired. Or drizzled with a rum sauce. Or...
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.