YUCCA FRITTERS

Ingredients :

2 lb 4 oz (1 k) yucca (cassava) peeled and cut into thick slices

1 cup sugar

½ teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

Vegetable oil, to fry fritters

1 teaspoon aniseed

Syrup:

2 cups sugar

1 ½ cups water

1 teaspoon aniseed

Preparation:

Place yucca in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook yucca until soft.

Remove yucca from saucepan, place it in a bowl and mash it with a potato masher until smooth. Add sugar, salt, baking soda and aniseed.

Combine and add egg yolks. Whip egg whites until thick and fold into the yucca puree.

Set aside for 20 minutes.

Form fritters and fry in hot oil until golden.
Serve immediately and pour syrup over it.

Syrup:
Place sugar, water and aniseed in a saucepan and bring to a boil until a thin syrup is formed.

Serve over yucca fritters.

6 servings

Typical dessert from the Amazon

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