International Recipes
Fritters in Syrup
Mesopotamian breads and desserts have, for a long time, been made into anatomical
shapes, such as lips, a woman's breast or a heart. You can use your creativity.
Ingredients
Syrup
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon orange flower or rose water
Fritters
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 4 eggs
- Vegetable oil
Instructions
- Syrup: Put water, sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan and boil for a few
minutes until the mixture becomes syrupy. Remove syrup from heat and let cool. Stir
in the orange flower or rose water. Reserve.
- Fritters: Heat water, butter and sugar in a small saucepan until butter melts
and mixture starts to boil. Add flour all at once and stir with a wooden spoon until
the mixture dries out a bit and starts to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Remove from the heat and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously with each
addition until batter becomes smooth and glossy. Add the next egg, and continue
in the same manner until all 4 eggs have been added to the batter.
- Pour about 2 inches of vegetable oil into a Dutch oven and heat until it reaches
375 degrees F on a candy thermometer. While the oil is heating, form the dough into
small balls, about the size for hors d'oeuvres, dipping your hands in flour
to help shape the dough. When oil is hot, fry 5 to 10 fritters at a time until they
puff up and are nicely browned, 8 to 10 minutes. During cooking, turn the balls
in the oil so that they brown uniformly on all sides.
- As each batch of fritters comes out of the oil, drain them on paper towels, and
immediately soak for 15 minutes in the reserved syrup. Serve in small bowls with
a little of the syrup poured over each portion.
Makes 6 servings.