Fritters

Ingredients

• 1/2 pint of Milk or Water
• 4 ozs. of Butter
• 5 ozs. of Flour
• 2 ozs. of White Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• A few drops of Flavouring Essence
• A very little Salt

Method

1. 1

   Put the milk, butter, sugar, and salt into a stewpan over the fire.

2. 2

   As soon as it boils, withdraw the stewpan and add the flour gradually.

3. 3

   Stir until it becomes a thick paste.

4. 4

   Add the flavouring and one egg, mix thoroughly.

5. 5

   Add the other 2 eggs and mix again.

6. 6

   Have hot fat in a saucepan, drop pieces of the paste into the fat until they are hollow balls, about the size of an orange.

7. 7

   Dish them up in pyramid shape and sprinkle with castor sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckmaster's cookery (1887) by J. C. Buckmaster, page 124. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRITTERS. Ingredients. — \ pint of Milk or Water. 4 ozs. of Butter. 5 ozs. of Flour. 2 ozs. of White Sugar. 3 Eggs. A few drops of Flavouring Essence. A very little Salt

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