Banana Cardamom Fritters

What to do when the last few bananas go past the eating stage? Start dreaming of banana cream pie. What to do when someone who has a different idea of too ripe eats one of those bananas ? Start dreaming of fritters. Bite sized, heavy on the vanilla and banana with just a hint of cardamom, these fritters make it hard to stop at just one. I know, I ate the entire first round before I even thought about taking a picture. And I don’t regret a single one. So good!

These need to be eaten right away anyway so go ahead and fry them to a deep golden brown. Donuts in the donut shops are often under-fried so they last longer on the shelf so don’t use that as your guide.

What kind of oil to use? This is a debate best left to others. I deep-fry about once every five or six months and usually end up using grapeseed oil. Seed oils are generally considered the least healthy cooking oils (This includes Canola and Vegetable Oil) but they have a high smoke point and are fairly inexpensive. Since I only fry every few months that doesn’t worry me too much and I like to use a neutral tasting oil for frying. Since the rules seem to change every six months I just try to go with moderation in all things (I said I try 😉

It’s a slippery slope out there in the oil world (no pun originally intended but then embraced) most articles are both biased and un-sourced. Mark Bittman wrote a nice article about deep-frying in general, and made a case for using olive oil to deep fry. And I did find one medical study that showed in Spain, where olive and sunflower, are the primary frying oils there is no correlation to heart disease.

Banana Cardamom Fritters

Makes about 23 tablespoon sized fritters

These are best fresh out of the fryer. Still warm they are light and airy with pockets of banana flavor and just the right amount of sweet. But even just a half hour later they begin to deflate and lose some crisp.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 T sugar
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 mashed bananas
• A splash of lemon juice or a sprinkle of FruitFresh
• Frying oil of your choice
• 2 T Powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp. Ground cardamom

Directions

1. Mix dry ingredients; whisk in half-and-half and egg. Stir in bananas.
2. In small pot or cast iron pan, heat 1 inch of oil to 375 degrees.
3. In batches, fry tablespoons sized scoops of batter until golden on all sides, 2 minutes; drain.
4. Sift powdered sugar cardamom mixture over top. Eat warm.

Banana Cardamom Fritters

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 2 minutes mins

Total Time 7 minutes mins

Servings 23 fritters

Ingredients

  

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• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 T baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 T sugar
• 1/4 cup half-and-half
• 1 beaten egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 mashed bananas
• A splash of lemon juice or a sprinkle of FruitFresh
• Frying oil of your choice
• 2 T Powdered sugar
• ½ tsp. Ground cardamom

Instructions

 

• Mix dry ingredients; whisk in half-and-half and egg. Stir in bananas.
• In small pot or cast iron pan, heat 1 inch of oil to 375 degrees.
• In batches, fry tablespoon sized scoops of batter until golden on all sides, 2 minutes; drain.
• Sift powdered sugar cardamom mixture over top. Eat warm.

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