Prue Leith

Chinese Apple Fritters

Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four

    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Prue Leith

Published 1978

  • About

This recipe is not really suitable for a party, unless it is held in the kitchen, or you know your friends so well that you can get up in the middle of the meal and start cooking. But the recipe is so delicious. I could not resist its inclusion.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 4 dessert apples
  • cornflour
  • 450

Method

Get everything ready at the beginning. The recipe itself is very simple, and the fritters are easy to make, but it is easy to get in a muddle as everything happens at the last minute.

You will need the oil in a deep fryer heated until a crumb will sizzle in it. On a plate or board safely away from the butter, you will need some absorbent paper to drain the apples on. Next to that you wa