Rick Stein served up a delicious Mexican bunuelos with spiced guava syrup dessert on Rick Stein’s Road To Mexico.

The ingredients are: 300g plain flour, plus extra for dusting, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp caster sugar, ½ tsp salt, 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 15g butter, melted, 700ml corn or vegetable oil, for frying and cinnamon sugar.

For the guava or mango syrup: 300g light brown soft sugar, 8cm cinnamon stick, 2 strips orange peel, 1 star anise, 4 allspice berries, 1 lime, juice only, 1 orange, juice only, pinch salt, 1 tsp cornflour, mixed to a paste with 1 tbsp water and 350g guavas, quartered, or 350g mango, peeled, stoned removed and cut into 4cm chunks.

See all of Rick’s Mexican inspired recipes in his book titled: Rick Stein: The Road to Mexico (TV Tie in), available from Amazon now.