Everyday Epicurean

Grandma de Groot used to make these on occasion, as did my Mother, so I’ve taken up the tradition and make them for my family whenever I have time, apples, beer and deep frying oil.

You can eat them as dessert, either on their own or with ice-cream, or be quite devilish and have them for Breakfast!

Ingredients.

• 2.5 cups of plain flour
• 1.25 cups of beer – for best results, use a real bottle fermented ale
• a quarter teaspoon of salt
• 6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced longitudinally 1cm thick.
• oil for deep frying
• caster sugar and optionally Dutch cinnamon.

Method.

Combine the flour, beer and salt in a large mixing bowl and stir well until you have a smooth batter.
Heat your oil in a deep fryer at setting 9 or 10 (i.e. pretty hot)
Coat apple slices a few at a time with batter and deep fry until light brown (3 to 4 minutes).

Drain on paper towels and then coat with sugar (or sugar/cinnamon mix).

Serve hot.