Apple fritters

Name: Apple fritters
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 6-8
Ingredients: oil, for deep-frying; 250 ml (8 fl oz) beer; 2 eggs, plus 4 egg whites; 2 eggs, plus 4 egg whites; 2 tablespoons potato starch or cornflour; 2 tablespoons potato starch or cornflour; 300 g (10 oz) plain flour; 100 ml (3¼ fl oz) Calvados; 50 g (1¾ oz) icing sugar, to dust; 900 g (1 lb 13 oz) Golden Delicious apples; 140 g (4½ oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Desserts

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

The apples in this classic favourite can be replaced with almost any fruit that cooks well. Bananas, pineapple and pears are perfect substitutes.

Ingredients

900 g (1 lb 13 oz) Golden Delicious apples
140

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Peel and core the apples, then slice them into 1 cm (½ inch) rounds so that each has a hole in the centre. Combine 100 g (3¼ oz) of the sugar with the Calvados and use it to c