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Honey-Chili Drenched Orange Fritters

YIELD: Makes 4-6 servings

INGREDIENTS

For Calabrian Chili Honey Sauce:

1/2 cup - honey

1 T - orange zest

1/2 tsp. - salt

1/2 tsp. - Calabrian chili flakes

For Honey Drenched Orange Breakfast Fritters:

1 cup - whole milk ricotta cheese

1 large - egg

2 T - sugar

1 T - orange zest

"Caviar" from 1 scraped vanilla bean

3/4 cup - all-purpose flour

2 tsp. - baking powder

1 1/2 tsp. - salt

vegetable oil for frying

1/4 cup - pistachios, toasted and finely chopped

DIRECTIONS

Combine the honey, orange zest, salt, and chili flakes in a small saucepan. Simmer on low and keep warm.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the ricotta, egg, sugar, orange zest, and vanilla bean caviar. In a second larger bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the wet mixture into the dry and stir until combined.

Heat about 1" of vegetable oil in a heavy, wide skillet until just below the smoking point. Carefully drop the fritter batter into the hot oil by the spoonful, about 1 T each. Fry the fritters in batches, leaving room for them to float around, flipping after 1-2 minutes until golden brown and crispy on each side. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel lined tray or cooling rack to drain the excess oil.

Put the warm fritters in a medium bowl and pour 1/2 of the Calabrian Chili Honey Sauce over them, tossing to coat the fritters. Sprinkle the fritters with the pistachios and serve immediately with the rest of the honey sauce on the side.

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Regular red chili flakes may also be substituted for the Calabrian chili flakes.