Frìscèu di Mele

Name: Frìscèu di Mele (Apple Fritters)
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 package (2½ teaspoons)/6 g active dry yeast; ½ cup/115 ml* warm whole milk; 4 cups/450 g unbleached flour; 1 large egg; 1 cup/225 ml tepid water; Extravirgin olive oil or peanut or canola oil; 1 cup/225 ml white wine; confectioner’s sugar or vanilla-scented confectioner’s sugar (optional); 2 cups/225 g apples, washed, cored, seeded, and sliced into thin crescents

Apple Fritters

Preparation info

Makes
4 to 6
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Recipes from Paradise

By Fred Plotkin

Published 1997

About

Ingredients

½ cup/115 ml* warm whole milk
1 package (

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Liguria
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Place the warm milk in a large mixing bowl, add the yeast, and leave for 15 minutes so that the yeast may activate. Add the flour, egg, water, and wine. Combine the ingredients using a wooden spoon so that you make a very soft, slightly liquidy batter. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and set aside for 1 hour. Slice the apples just before they will be used so they do not oxidize.

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