Judas tree flower fritters

Name: Judas tree flower fritters
Total time: 30 min
Yield: ± 20 fritters
Ingredients: ± 40 small clusters of Judas tree flowers (3–5 flowers each); 100 g plain flour; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 pinch of salt; 150 ml sparkling water or light beer; 1 egg white; ± 1 litre sunflower oil for frying; icing sugar or honey to serve

Updated on 9 October 2026

Makes: ± 20 fritters
Time: 30 min
From: Judas tree

Ingredients

± 40 small clusters of Judas tree flowers (3–5 flowers each)
100 g plain flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1 pinch of salt
150 ml sparkling water or light beer
1 egg white
± 1 litre sunflower oil for frying
icing sugar or honey to serve

Method

Pick the flowers on a dry morning from an unsprayed tree. Leave plenty of flowers for the bees and bumblebees. Shake the clusters to remove insects.
Stir the flour, sugar and salt with the sparkling water into a smooth, thin batter. Whisk the egg white stiff and fold it in. Leave to rest for 10 min.
Heat the oil in a deep pan to 175 °C (a cube of bread turns golden in about 30 sec). Take care: hot oil is dangerous, never leave the pan unattended.
Dip each cluster in the batter, let it drip for a moment and fry 4 or 5 fritters at a time for 1–2 min, until golden.
Drain the fritters on kitchen paper.
Dust with icing sugar or drizzle with honey. Eat them warm.

Storing: Eat straight away: fritters soon go limp. Do not keep the batter. The Judas tree is a legume: if you are allergic to pulses, better leave the flowers alone.