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Beignet D’Acacia Acacia Fritters Recipe
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📋 D’Acacia: Acacia Fritters Recipe

Acacia 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. #yourguardianchef #edibleflower #frenchdessert
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Keyword acacia fritters, beignet d'acacia, frittelle d'acacia
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 20 frittes
Calories 32kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Pick the flowers and leave them on the stem. Rinse them and dry them
    20 bunches Acacia flowers

Make the batter

  • Swift flour and baking powder
    1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • Gradually add the milk and the beer ( you can substitute the beer with milk)
    ½ cup milk, ½ cup beer
  • Add the egg, salt and the orange flower water
    1 fresh eggs, 1 teaspoon orange blossom water, 1 pinch salt
  • Dip the flowers in the batter

Fry them and serve

  • Fry them in hot oil
    vegetable oil for frying
  • Lay the Acacia flower fritters over a kitchen paper to absorb the extra oil
  • Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve warm. Do not eat the stem
    1 tablespoon icing sugar

Video

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.

Nutrition

Calories: 32kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 43mg | Vitamin A: 40IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.3mg