Fig and ricotta fritters

Tamara West

You’ll want to eat a whole jar of the scrumptious, chunky Te Mata fig jam all on your own, but a great way to share it is to mix up this quick and very easy fritter batter, add a few spoons of jam and enjoy them piping hot with icecream, and extra jam on the side.

Ingredients

2	Eggs
⅓ cup	Sugar
1	Lemon, zested
1 tsp	Pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp	Baking soda
100 g	Flour
4 Tbsp	Fig jam, chopped, plus more to serve, I use Te Mata fig jam (Main)
200 g	Ricotta cheese, drained of excess moisture (Main)
2 cups	Vegetable oil
1 serving	Icing sugar, to dust

Directions

1. Whisk the eggs and sugar, add lemon zest, vanilla and baking soda.
2. Sprinkle in flour, add fig jam and ricotta then mix to form a thick batter.
3. Cover with plastic wrap and rest in the fridge for 1 hour.
4. Heat the oil in a deep saucepan.
5. Test by dropping a half teaspoon of batter into the oil, it should sizzle and begin to turn golden. Scoop dollops of batter into the oil in batches. Fry until golden brown then drain on paper towels.
6. Dust with icing sugar. Serve piping hot with scoops ofvanilla icecream and extra Te Mata fig jam.

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