Fritelle Di Farina Bianca

Batter Fritters

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

  • About

These simple but delicious fritters are very popular in Tuscany, and especially in the country around Florence, where they are popularly called “boncerelle.”

Ingredients

  • ½ lb. of flour, the yolks of 3 eggs, a thin strip of finely chopped lemon peel
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Method

Put the flour in a terrine or salad basin with a pinch of salt, make a well, and put the yolks of eggs in it. Add the flour gradually to the eggs with a wooden spoon and, when it is all mixed, add sufficient water, very gradually, to make a light batter. Mix in the lemon peel. Let the batter stand for ½ an hour. Then, with