Rum-Flavored Banana Fritters

Name: Rum-Flavored Banana Fritters (Beignets Soufflés aux Bananes)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 2 to 2½ quarts vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 1 cup apricot jam; Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 3 tablespoons dark rum; 1 banana, diced; 2 tablespoons water; 1 teaspoon (5 g) granulated sugar; ½ recipe Sweet Cream-Puff Pastry

Beignets Soufflés aux Bananes

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

French Classics Made Easy

By Richard Grausman

Published 2011

About

ORDINARILY, a beignet de banane would be a piece of banana dipped in batter and fried. For a lighter version, I make beignets soufflés (luscious fritters made from cream-puff pastry and diced banana and served with a hot apricot sauce). Rum adds a Caribbean touch and complements the banana flavor.

Ingredients

1 cup apricot jam
3 tablespoons dark rum
2 tablespoons

Europe
France
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

In a small saucepan, bring the apricot jam,2 tablespoons of the rum, and the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Strain and keep warm.
Place the banana in a bowl, sprinkle with the granulated sugar and the remaining rum, and set aside while you make the cream-puf