Beignets De Fruits

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 granny smith apples or 3 golden delicious apples
• 2 1/4 ounces raisins
• 3 tablespoons calvados or 3 tablespoons rum
• 1 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar (superfine sugar)
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 2 tablespoons flour, for coating
• icing sugar, for dusting
• 1 egg, separated
• 3 1/2 tablespoons warm beer
• 2 ounces flour (6 tbsp)
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Recipe

• 1 peel and core the apples and cut into 1/2 inch cubes. place in bowl with the raisins, calvados and sugar, and marinate for 3 hours.
• 2 for the batter, beat the egg yolk and beer in a large bowl. blend in the flour and oil and add a pinch of salt. stir until smooth. the batter will be very thick at this stage. cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour.
• 3 pour the oil into a large saucepan to a depth of 4 inches and heat to 325 degrees or until a cube of bread dropped into the oil browns in 20 seconds.
• 4 add 1 1/2 tbsp of the calvados marinade to the batter and stir until smooth.
• 5 whisk the egg until stiff and gently fold into the batter.
• 6 drain the apples and raisins, then toss with the flour to coat, then lightly fold them through the batter.
• 7 carefully lower heaped tablespoons of batter into the oil in batches and fry for 1-2 minutes, until the beignets are golden on both sides.
• 8 remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. keep them warm.
• 9 dust with icing sugar and serve.