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(Beignets de poinmes)

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France

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

Ingredients 7 ingredients

  1. a pinch of powdered cinnamon
  2. Apples
  3. a cupful of rum
  4. Pear
  5. Liqueur
  6. Cut
  7. Powdered sugar

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. Choose good rennet apples ;
  2. peel them ;
  3. cut them in slices the thickness of }{ inch ;
  4. take the middle out with a cutter, taking care not to spoil the slice or round.
  5. Steep them for twenty minutes in a bowl witli a cupful of rum or liqueur and a little powdered sugar;
  6. drain.
  7. Steep each slice in the frying batter (No.
  8. 506), then into the hot fat : fry them both sides a golden tint.
  9. Drain, and roll them in powdered sugar mixed with a pinch of powdered cinnamon.
  10. Serve very hot.
  11. 509.
  12. Pear Fritters

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Colander