Cream Cheese Fritters, English Summer Cherries and Maple Syrup

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Cream Cheese Fritters, English Summer Delicious, easy to make pancakes made with cream and cottage cheese and served with cherries and maple syrup are perfect for a weekend brunch.

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Cream Cheese Fritters, English Summer Cherries and Maple Syrup

Delicious cream cheese fritters served with English summer cherries and maple syrup.

Servings: people

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time20

Cook Time5

Total Time4 10

Ingredients

For the Fritters

200 g cream cheese
250 g cottage cheese - well drained
2 large eggs
1 tsp natural vanilla extract
40 g maple sugar
40 g chopped raisins
Grated lemon zest
75 g plain flour - plus extra for coating
4 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tbsp vegetable oil

For the Cherries

175 ml pure maple syrup from Canada
200 g fresh cherries
1 lemon - squeezed for juice

Instructions

Place cream cheese, cottage cheese, eggs, vanilla extract and sugar in a bowl. Beat until smooth.
Stir in raisins, lemon zest.
Sieve flour and combine.
Cover and refrigerate for four hours, or overnight.
Roll into balls with excess flour, flatten into disks. Place on baking tray with greaseproof paper.
Melt butter and oil in frying pan and cook fritters for 2 minutes each side until golden brown.
Keep warm in low oven.
Heat maple syrup, lemon juice, cherries and 1 tbsp of water in a pan until cherries become soft.
Serve the fritters warm with cherries. Any fresh or preserved fruit can be used.

Notes

All seasonal fruits can be used e.g. poached pears and pineapple would be a good alternative.

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