Dessert Recipes
Apple Fritters with Custard Sauce
Ingredients
- 6 Golden Delicious apples
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brandy
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2/3 cup beer
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Vegetable oil (for frying)
- 2 egg whites (room temperature)
- Confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- Pare and core apples. Cut into 1/4 inch rings. Place in large bowl. Toss with 1/3 cup sugar, brandy, and cinnamon.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour, tossing occasionally.
- For the fritter batter, in a bowl combine flour, 2 yolks, 3/4 cup milk, beer and butter.
- Let stand one hour at room temperature.
- To prepare custard sauce, in a medium saucepan combine yolks and 1/3 cup sugar.
- Stir in 1 1/2 cups milk.
- Cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until custard coats the back of a metal spoon.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Cool to room temperature.
- In a large skillet, heat 1 inch of oil to 375 degrees F.
- In a small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff; fold in fritter batter.
- Drain liquid from apples. Dip apple slices, one at a time, into batter with fork or tongs, letting excess drip back into bowl.
- Fry fritters until brown on one side; turn and brown other side.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Arrange on plate; sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
- Serve with warm custard sauce.