725. Apple Fritters

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

one pound of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
half a pint of milk or water ↝ Milk, NFS [Milk, reduced fat]
half a pound of butter melted in a stewpan ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
table-beer or water
the whites of three eggs ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
six apples, peeled, cut in slices about a quarter of an inch thick, the cores taken out with a cutter ↝ Apple, raw [Apples]
hot lard ↝ Lard [Fats and Oils]
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (12)

Mix one pound of flour with half a pint of milk or water.
Add half a pound of butter melted in a stewpan.
Mix well together with a wooden spoon very smooth.
Thin it a little with table-beer or water.
Whisk the whites of three eggs very stiff.
Stir the egg whites in gently.
Prepare six apples: peel, cut in slices about a quarter of an inch thick, and take out the cores with a cutter.
Dip each apple piece in the batter.
Fry in hot lard about six minutes.
To fry well, the fat should not be too hot at first, but get hotter as it proceeds.
The fritters should be crisp, and of a nice golden color.
Serve on a napkin, and sift sugar over.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

725. Apple Fritters.—Mix one pound of flour with half a pint of milk or water, then half a pound of butter melted in a stewpan, mix well together with a wooden spoon very smooth, thin it a little with table-beer or water, whisk the whites of three eggs very stiff, stir in gently; have six apples, peeled, cut in slices about a quarter of an inch thick, the cores taken out with a cutter, dip each piece in the batter, and fry in hot lard about six minutes; to fry well, the fat should not be too hot at first, but get hotter as it proceeds; they should be crisp, and of a nice golden color; serve on a napkin, and sift sugar over.

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