Apple Fritters
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- apples
- 1 glass brandy
- white wine
- 1/4 pound sugar
- cinnamon
- 1 lemon rind
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 pound flour
- 1 tablespoon butter
- cold water
- sugar
Instructions
- Pare some apples, and cut them in thin slices.
- Put them in a bowl with a glass of brandy, some white wine, a quarter of a pound of pounded sugar, a little cinnamon finely powdered, and the rind of a lemon grated.
- Let them stand some time, turning them over frequently.
- Beat two eggs very light, add one quarter of a pound of flour, a table-spoonful of melted butter, and as much cold water as will make a thin batter.
- Drip the apples on a sieve, and mix them with the batter.
- Take one slice with a spoonful of batter to each fritter, and fry them quickly of a light brown.
- Drain them well, put them in a dish, sprinkling sugar over each, and glaze them nicely.