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St. Joseph’s Fritters
St. Joseph’s Fritters
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Recipe By: Alice Morrow
St. Joseph's Fritters
Ingredients
- 400 grams or 2 c. flour
- 50 grams or 2 oz. lard/shortening
- 10 eggs
- 1 t. baking soda
- ½ liter or 2.11 cups of water
- Frying oil
- Pinch of salt
- Ricotta cream, chocolate chips, candied orange peel, powdered sugar, optional
Instructions
- Heat some water with a pinch of salt and melt the lard.
- Add the flour and baking soda, stirring vigorously to prevent lumping.
- Add eggs one at a time. Stir the mixture well, until smooth.
- Let mixture stand for 15 minutes.
- Heat oil in a deep pan.
- Take spoonfuls of mixture and drop into hot oil.
- When fritters turn an even golden color, drain on paper towels.
- You can stuff them with a mixture of the ricotta cream, chocolate chips, candied orange peel and dust with powdered sugar.
Notes
*****This is a very old Italian recipe that uses the metric system. I had to work and guess at some of the conversions. Below you will see a conversion table to help you with your calculations.
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