Alastair Little, Richard Whittington

Cheese Fritters

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook
The Daily Mail Modern British Cookbook

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1998

  • About

This is a very old English recipe, dating back to the early eighteenth century.

Ingredients

  • 60 g/ 2 oz flour
  • 200 ml/ 7 fl o

Method

Whisk the flour into the cream and bring slowly to the boil, whisking from time to time. Remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.

Whisk the eggs vigorously. Beat these into the cooled cream. Add the grated Cheddar, butter, nutmeg to taste, salt and cayenne pepper and beat in thoroughly with a wooden spoon.

Heat oil for deep-frying to 190°C/375°F. Drop in