11 Delicious Latin American Desserts You Can Totally DIY
Native to Peru, picarones are a unique blend of tastes that closely resemble a cross between pumpkin pie and doughnut. They’re made from sweet potatoes and squash, and then seasoned with anise, sugar and then deep fried like a doughnut. They are served with a homemade sugar sauce, similar to molasses.
Ingredients:
- 1pound sweet potatoes
- 1pound pumpkin
- 2 teaspoons aniseed
- 1 tablespoons sugar
- 1 ¾ tablespoons active dry yeast
- 1pound all-purpose flour
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 4 cups chancaca syrup
- For the syrup:
- 2 chancaca pieces
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cloves, 1 fig leaf
- 2 star anise
- pineapple peels
- 1 orange, whole
