Apple fritters england, 1381

2 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ cup Flour
4 eaches Eggs; beaten
1 pinch Pepper
⅛ teaspoon Saffron
2 eaches To 3 apples
Confectioner's sugar; for garnish

Directions

"Sift the flour and mix with the beaten eggs to make a smooth batter. Add the pepper and saffron.

"Peel, core, and slice the apples, put them into the batter and leave for 1 hour. This will allow the saffron to colour and flavour the batter. Drop by large spoonfuls into deep fat heated to 375f and fry for 3 to 4 minutes; the fritters will rise to the surface when cooked and should be a golden brown. Drain, sprinkle with con- fectioner's sugar and serve hot." From _Ancient Cookery_, 1381"For to make fritters: Nym flour and eyerin and grind pepper and saffron and make thereto a batter & pare apples and cut them to broad pieces and cast them therein and fry them in the batter with fresh grease and serve it forth." _Seven Centuries of English Cooking_. Compiled and updated by Maxime de la Falaise. Grove Press, London, 1992. Typos by Jeff Pruett.

Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 04-24-95

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