Plain Fritters

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 8 min Total: 8 min
Yield
3.0 – 4.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (7)
for frying
for serving
Instructions (13)
  1. Mix the flour to a smooth batter with a small quantity of the milk
  2. stir in the eggs, which should be well whisked
  3. add the remainder of the milk
  4. beat the whole to a perfectly smooth batter
  5. if the batter is not quite thin enough, add two or three tablespoonfuls more milk
Frying
  1. Have ready a frying-pan, with plenty of boiling lard in it
  2. drop in rather more than a tablespoonful at a time of the batter
  3. fry the fritters a nice brown
  4. turn them when sufficiently cooked on one side
  5. Drain them well from the greasy moisture by placing them upon a piece of blotting-paper before the fire
Serving
  1. dish them on a white d'oyley
  2. sprinkle over them sifted sugar
  3. send to table with them a cut lemon and plenty of pounded sugar
Original Text
PLAIN FRITTERS. 1473. INGREDIENTS.—3 oz. of flour, 3 eggs, 1/3 pint of milk. [Illustration: STAR FRITTER-MOULD.] Mode.—Mix the flour to a smooth batter with a small quantity of the milk; stir in the eggs, which should be well whisked, and then the remainder of the milk; boat the whole to a perfectly smooth batter, and should it be found not quite thin enough, add two or three tablespoonfuls more milk. Have ready a frying-pan, with plenty of boiling lard in it; drop in rather more than a tablespoonful at a time of the batter, and fry the fritters a nice brown, turning them when sufficiently cooked on one side. Drain them well from the greasy moisture by placing them upon a piece of blotting-paper before the fire; dish them on a white d'oyley, sprinkle over them sifted sugar, and send to table with them a cut lemon and plenty of pounded sugar. Time.—From 6 to 8 minutes. Average cost, 4d. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons. Seasonable at any time.
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