Name: Apple fritters
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 275 ml (½ pint) light ale; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons icing sugar; 100 g (4 oz) flour; granulated sugar to serve with the fritters; 4 large apples; 1 tablespoon oil; 25 g (1 oz) butter; 25 g (1 oz) sugar; generous grating nutmeg

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Cooking

By Caroline Conran

Published 1978

About

The fritters should be eaten very hot indeed, so only start the frying when all the company is ready and waiting.

Ingredients

4 large apples
2 teaspoons icing sugar
100 g (

Method

Core the apples with an apple corer, peel them and cut them into slices about cm (¼ in) thick. Dust lightly with icing sugar.

Put the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Break in the eggs and stir them round, gradually adding the ale and drawing in the flour from the sides as you go.

Start beating with a wooden spoon and add enough ale to make a smooth batter