Authentic Picarones Recipe Lima, Peru

Name: Picarones
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Peruvian
Ingredients: CHANCACA HONEY; 250g (8.8 oz) chancaca; 240 ml (1 cup) water; 250g (8.8 oz) sugar; 240 ml (1 cup) orange juice; 2 fig leaves; 2 cinnamon sticks; 5 cloves; PICARONES; 750g (1 2/3 lbs) sweet potato, diced; 1 kg (2.2 lbs) pumpkin, diced; 2 tbsp anise; 60g (2 oz) brown sugar; 10g (2 tsp) dry yeast; 650g (23 oz) all-purpose flour

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Introduction & history

Picarones, a Peruvian dessert, are made by blending sweet potato and pumpkin into a dough infused with anise and brown sugar. Once the mixture rests and rises, it's shaped into rings and deep-fried until golden and puffy. These doughnut-like treats are then drizzled with chancaca honey, a syrupy concoction infused with cinnamon, cloves, and orange juice.

Main ingredients

Wheat Flour
Butternut Squash
Sweet Potato
Yeast
Anise
Miel de chancaca
Vegetable Oil
Sugar
Salt