Apple fritters

Ingredients

• 4 apples
• 1 lemon (the zest)
• 100 g sugar: 50 g for the syrup and 50 g for dipping the fruit
• 100 ml water, for the syrup
• 170 g flour, for the batter
• About 200 ml lukewarm water, for the batter
• Sunflower oil for frying
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting

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Instructions

1. Peel the apples, cut them crosswise into 1 cm rings and stamp out the cores with a small cutter.
2. Boil 50 g of the sugar with the water and lemon zest for 3 minutes, let it cool until lukewarm and soak the rings in this syrup for half an hour.
3. For the batter, put the flour in a bowl with a pinch of salt and gradually add the lukewarm water, beating with a wooden spoon until it's smooth and thick enough to coat the spoon. Let it rest for half an hour.
4. Drain the rings and pat them dry with paper towels.
5. Dip each piece in the sugar, so it's dry on the outside, and then in the batter.
6. Heat plenty of oil in a deep saucepan to 175°C (350°F, the temperature the author gives). Fry the fritters a few at a time until the batter is pale golden and lift them out onto paper towels.
7. Trim off the batter tails, dust them with powdered sugar and serve them right away, piled on a platter.

Nutrition facts

Approximate, per serving (about 343 g). Calculated with data from USDA FoodData Central.