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Frutours

Categories: English   apples   15th century   Fritter  
Original Source:Harleian MS 4016
Secondary Source:
Cook:Barak Raz
Meeting Date:0000-00-00

Frutours. Take yolkes of egges, drawe hem thorgh a streynour, caste there-to faire floure, berme and ale; stere it togidre til hit be thik. Take pared appelles, cut hem thyn like obleies , ley hem in þe batur; þen put hem into a ffrying pan, and fry hem in faire grees or buttur til þei ben brown yelowe; then put hem in disshes, and strawn Sugar on hem ynogh, And serue hem forthe.

Ingredients

1-1/3 c.flour
2egg yolks
1/2 tsp.yeast
1 c.ale or beer
2 c.apples (sliced thin as sacramental wafers)

Steps

  1. Fry apples in batter, using oil. Recipe suggests butter, but this burns quickly.

Note

Batter recipe on p. 226, Rombauer's Joy of Cooking