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Apple Fritters

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Must
  2. Sugar
  3. a pound of apples

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Required: apples, sugar, frying hatter, and plenty of hot fat.
  2. Cost, about 8d., for a dish made from half a pound of apples.
  3. Peel the apples, and slice them the thickness of a shilling.
  4. Then take the cores out to leave rings of apjde ;
  5. these should he rolled in sugar and dipped in the thick hatter of page 889 ;
  6. a strong iron skewer should he used for lifting them, and the fat must he very hot.
  7. As many as the pan will hold may go in at once, hut they should not be allowed to touch, or they will join.
  8. When one side is done, turn them over ;
  9. they should he quite a pale fawnish brown, and ought to puff up almost into halls if the fat is right.
  10. A dish should he near the fire, covered !
  11. with a sheet of paper, and the fritters should he put in a single layer on it as soon as done.
  12. When all are ready, dish them in a ring, never in a pile.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Grill or grill pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Spatula