Fritters

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pint of tepid water
• two eggs
• a quarter of a saltspoonful of salt
• half a pound of clarified dripping
• some cold meat
• half a pint of beer

Method

1. 1

   Stir tepid water into the batter smoothly to avoid lumps.

2. 2

   Whip egg whites with salt until stiff.

3. 3

   Mix whipped egg whites into the batter.

4. 4

   Let the batter rise for one hour.

5. 5

   Heat clarified dripping in a saucepan.

6. 6

   Cut cold meat into thin slices, dip in batter, and fry in hot fat until golden brown.

7. 7

   Drain on kitchen paper.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quarter of a pint of tepid water; we must be careful that there are no lumps. 4. We break two eggs, put the whites on a plate (the yolks we should put in a cup, as they will not be required for present use). 5. We sprinkle a quarter of a saltspoonful of salt over the whites of the eggs, and whip them to a stiff froth with a knife. 6. We stir the whipped whites of the eggs lightly into the batten N.B.— In winter, clean snow might be used in the batter instead of the whites of eggs. N.B. — This batter might be made without the whites of eggs, in which case it should be mixed with half a pint of beer, instead uf the water, but the batter made with beer will not rise as much as when eggs are used. N.B. — The beer will not taste after the batter is fried. 30 National Training School for Cookery. 7. We stand the batter aside for one hour to rise, or until required for frying, but it should not stand longer than one hour. 8. We put half a pound of clarified dripping (see Lesson on " Frying ") into a saucepan, and put it on the fire to heat. 9. We take some cold meat, and cut it up into thin slices. N.B.— Cold boiled, or roast pork, or boiled bacon is very nice fried in batter. 10. When the batter has risen and the fritters

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