Dessert Recipes - Rum and Apple Fritters Recipe

Ingredients

• 450 g/1 lb cooking (tart) apples

• 30 ml/2 tbsp lemon juice

• 15 ml/1 tbsp rum

• 100 g/4 oz/1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• A pinch of salt

• 2.5 ml1/2 tsp ground cloves

• 60 ml/4 tbsp milk

• 15 g/1 tbsp butter, melted

• 2 egg whites

• Oil, for deep-frying

• Caster (superfine) sugar, for sprinkling

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Method:

1. Peel the apples, remove the cores and cut into thick rings. Lay the apple rings on a flat plate and sprinkle on both sides with the lemon juice and rum. Leave to stand for 20 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, to make the batter, mix the flour, salt and cloves in a bowl. Stir in the milk and melted butter and beat until smooth.

3. Drain off any liquid from the apples and beat in. When ready to cook, whisk the egg whites until stiff and fold into the batter with a metal spoon.

4. Dry the apple rings on kitchen paper (paper towels). Dip in the batter and deep-fry half the batch in hot oil for 3 minutes until crisp and golden.

5. Drain on kitchen paper (paper towels) and keep warm while cooking the remainder. Sprinkle with caster sugar and serve hot.