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Acacia flower fritters recipe is perfect for celebrating mother’s day, the edible acacia flowers blossom right at the beginning of May. Just in time for the celebration.
What is Acacia flower
The beignet d’Acacia is a typical recipe from the French Riviera where the Acacia trees are abundant. The flowers have a sweet scent similar to orange flowers. They are small and white and they grow in bunches like grapes. They are very pretty, present well and they are delicious. Perfect for mother day!
Acacia flowers are edible and are best to eat fresh within a few hours after picking. It is easier to cook the acacia flowers with their stems, but leaves and stems of the acacia are not edible.
Before cooking the flowers you need to make sure that no insects are hiding inside. Wash them and let them rest on a basket for 30 minutes so the insect can come out of the flowers.
The curse of the Acacia tree
If you are in the region (France and Italy), you don’t have to look far to find some acacia trees. They are everywhere. We have an acacia tree growing at the edge of our garden, and I do not consider us lucky.
In fact, Acacia trees are very invasive and spread all over the garden. Even if the acacia tree is in our neighbour’s garden, during the summer I have to remove shoots of acacia trees from my loan every day. Their roots travel far and reach everywhere, even my vegetable patch.
The wind blew some seeds over my roof, and 5 years ago we removed a long root full of shoot from our roof tiles. Ah yes, it is bad!
Picking the acacia flowers
So if you bring some flowers at home to cook, make sure you eat them and don’t leave any seeds around.
Also, when you pick them you need to be very careful, its branches have nasty needles, so be cautious when you remove the flowers.
Making the acacia beignet
- Swift flour and baking powder
- Gradually add the milk and the beer ( you can substitute the beer with milk)
- Add the egg and the orange flower water
- Dip the flowers in the batter
- Fry them in hot oil
- Lay the Acacia flower fritters over a kitchen paper to absorb the extra oil
- Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve warm
More recipes with edible flowers
If you are interested in edible flower recipes, I have many here for you. You can find sweet as well as savoury recipes. Make sure you pick flowers that are safe to eat. Even if they are edible, they should not have been treated with chemicals.
Savoury recipes:
- Fried zucchini flowers
- Italian zucchini frittata with flowers
- Roast Pumpkin Soup With Edible Flowers Capucines
- Fresh Tomato Soup Salmorejo With Edible Flowers Tulbaghia
- Chayote Squash Mousse with Mussels With Edible Flowers Begonia
- Seafood Chowder Recipe Served In A Bread Bowl With Edible Flowers Agastache
Sweet recipes:
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Beignet D’Acacia: Acacia Fritters Recipe
Ingredients
- 20 bunches Acacia flowers
- 1 cup flour
- 1 fresh eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup beer can substitute with milk
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Swift flour and baking powder
- Gradually add the milk and the beer ( you can substitute the beer with milk)
- Add the egg and the orange flower water
- Dip the flowers in the batter
- Fry them in hot oil
- Lay the Acacia flower fritters over a kitchen paper to absorb the extra oil
- Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve warm
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Notes
- Acacia trees are very invasive and spread all over the garden
- When you pick them you need to be very careful, its branches have nasty needles, so be cautious when you remove the flowers.
- Acacia flowers are best to eat fresh within a few hours after picking.
- It is easier to cook the acacia flowers with their stems, but leaves and stems of the acacia are not edible.
- Before cooking the flowers you need to make sure that no insects are hiding inside.
- Wash them and let them rest on a basket for 30 minutes so the insect can come out of the flowers.
I love France, I can’t wait to give this recipe a try!
Thanks, it is very French the recipe
I’ve never actually cooked with edible flowers but this sounds like a great place to start!
It is, at least here they grow everywhere
Fritters!!! These sound awesome! I never tried the acacia flowers, I didn’t know they are edible
Yes, they are edible and the flavor is so delicate
I just love how these are presented and would love to try this recipe soon. I really love fritters and the flavor in this sound perfect for a beginner like me!
Thanks, yes. They are very easy to make
How very interesting!!! I wonder what would be a good sub for this in the United States? Do we have Acacia trees? Im from the midwest and I know we do not have them here, but I seem to remember them maybe being in the southwest/dessert
I don’t think you have any Acacia trees on the East Coast, maybe on the West. I wouldn’t know what could substitute them in USA. I will find out.
Oh, wow! Those fritters sound just fabulous. I love learning about new cuisines and this is definitely a new one on me!
thanks, yes not so common
Fritters are a great breakfast option in my book! I love a cup of coffee and a fritter to start my day!
Yes, even better if mother’s day
Lovely recipe and very inspiring!
Thank you Helen, we have so many Acacia trees in our domain