Apple fritters delicious, easy to prepare, without baking powder and poor in sugar. Perfect for children, parties and to cheer up some gloomy afternoon.
The widespread Italian tradition for Carnival period
In Italy we prepare fritters, we say frittelle (frit'tɛlle), in the period of Carnival. Carnival is the period in which the children love to dress up as a fairy tale character and throw mountains of confetti and streamers. Noisy carts parade through the streets and people come out on Sunday to celebrate, drinking and eating street delicacies hot, warmed by the first rays of sunlight of the impending spring. In some places here in Piedmont Carnival is celebrated in different ways: there is the Carnival of Ivrea with its Battle of the Oranges, or the most traditional and ancient Carnival of Rocca Grimalda called Lachera.
A recipe that smell of home and childhood
I usually prepared apple fritters with my grandmother. We sat in the kitchen wearing an apron that made me gag as well as apron and we spent the afternoon cleaning apples, preparing the batter and spilling flour everywhere! That was the most fun: playing with the flour! We were frying and eating apple fritters all the afternoon as they were ready. It was so funny!
Today I prepare pancakes for my son and he loves it! He loves to eat apple fritters secretly with his dad the evening before going to bed. They are lovely!
I strongly advice you eating the apple fritters hot, very hot, dusted with powdered sugar with your family or with some friend, involving them in the preparation. Send me your pictures and tell me your fun!
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Apple Fritters
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 6
Apple fritters delicious, easy to prepare, without baking powder and poor in sugar. Perfect for children, the parties and to cheer up for some gloomy afternoon.
Ingredients
- 4 Apples
- 1 Lemon
- 4 cups Extra Virgin Olive Oil For the Batter
- 5 oz. white flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup Rum
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 pinch salt For the Guarnishing
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Separate the yolks from the whites
- In a large bowl pour the flour, egg yolks, sugar, rum, milk and a pinch of salt
- Mix with a mixer or with a fork until the mixture is smooth and homogeneous
- Beat the egg whites until stiff to create a foam
- Combine the egg whites foam with the rest of the batter using a wooden spoon, stirring gently from top to bottom so they not liquify again
- Wash and peel the apples
- Remove the core with an apple corer
- Slice the apples to form many discs about 0.1 inch thick
- Put the apple slices in a bowl and sprinkle with the lemon juice, stirring well using your hands, very gently so as not to break the discs of apple
- Put the oil to heat in a small saucepan with high sides and wait for the oil to reach the appropriate temperature, attention not to reach the smoking point, you can test if the oil is hot enough by using an apple peel: if immersing the oil sizzles it means that the temperature is right.
- Add apples into the batter and mix with wooden spoon, always being careful not to break the apples
- Pick the discs of apple one at a time and dip into the hot oil, I usually bake them 3 at a time, turning them over halfway through cooking
- When the fritters are cooked, use a pair of pliers to pull them out from cooking oil and place them gently to drain excess oil on paper towels
- Serve hot, plain or dusted with powdered sugar
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