Picarones - Country Roads Magazine

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Louisiana yams, cubed
• 1 lb. kabocha squash, cubed
• water for boiling
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 8 cloves
• 2 tsp. aniseed
• 6 cups of flour
• 2 tsp. active dry yeast
• 1 tsp. raw sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• oil for frying
• 1/2 cup pisco
• 1 cup cane syrup
• 2 cups chancaca, shaved (a.k.a. piloncillo, rapadura)
• juice of 1 orange
• juice of 1 lime
• 1/2 cup pineapple pulp
• 1 cup water