Chef’s Table Sweet Potato Fritters w/ Cranberry Orange Chutney & Honey Whipped Chevre

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Ingredients

Sweet potato fritter (yield, 12 fritters)

  • 1 Lg Sweet potato, roasted and peeled
  • 1 tbs Thyme leaves, chopped
  • 1 tsp Rosemary leaves, chopped
  • 2 Green onions, sliced
  • 1 Egg
  • ¼ tsp Nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp Cinnamon
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • ¾ Cup Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder

 

Cranberry and Orange Chutney (6-8 portions)

  • 2 tsp Butter
  • ¼ lg Onion, minced
  • 1 clove Garlic, minced
  • 1 tbs Ginger, grated
  • Zest of Orange
  • 3 tbs Orange juice
  • 3 tbs + 1 tsp Cider vinegar
  • ½ Cup Brown sugar
  • 1 tsp Thyme leaves, chopped
  • 3 Tbs Orange segments, cut in half
  • 2 Cups Cranberries, frozen
  • 1/2 Cinnamon stick
  • 1/8 tsp Cloves, ground

 

Honey whipped chevre (4-6 portions)

  • 1 Cup Chevre
  • ¼ Cup  Honey
  • 1/8 tsp Cinnamon, ground

Created By

This recipe is brought to you by Chef Kyle Fee and Chef Erin Circelli-Russell with the help of their students from The Chef’s Table at Fanshawe College.

Directions

Sweet potato fritter (yield, 12 fritters)

  1. In a large mixing bowl, mash the sweet potato into a paste. Add the herbs, green onion, egg, spices and salt.  Mix well.
  2. Sift the flour and baking powder and incorporate into the sweet potato mixture.
  3. With 2 spoons carefully drop 1 tbs of batter into a deep fryer. Fry @ 350˚, rotating part way through cooking, cooking about 3 minutes on each side.

Cranberry and Orange Chutney (6-8 portions)

  1. Heat butter in a medium sized pot, and sweat the onion, garlic and ginger until the onion begins looking slightly translucent.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients to the pot and simmer on medium low heat until most of the liquid has evaporated, leaving a syrupy consistency.

Honey whipped chevre (4-6 portions)

  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and whip with a whisk until light and airy.

Created By

This recipe is brought to you by Chef Kyle Fee and Chef Erin Circelli-Russell with the help of their students from The Chef’s Table at Fanshawe College.