Gooseberry Fritters

Ingredients

• A pint of large gooseberries
• 1 white
• 2 yolks of eggs
• 2 tablespoonfuls cream
• 2 oz. flour
• 2 tablespoonfuls water
• caster sugar
• a pinch of salt
• clarified butter or lard

Method

1. 1

   Sift flour into a basin, add salt, stir in yolks, cream, and water to make a smooth batter.

2. 2

   Let stand for half an hour.

3. 3

   Beat egg white to stiff froth and mix with batter.

4. 4

   Heat butter, dip gooseberries into batter, fry until golden, drain, sprinkle with caster sugar, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 453. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gooseberry Fritters). — A pint of large gooseberries, 1 white and 2 yolks of eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls cream, 2 oz. flour, 2 tablespoonfuls water, caster sugar, a pinch of salt, clarified butter or lard

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