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Orange Fritters

Ingredients:

  • 1 pint of milk
  • 4 oz flour
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 2 sweet oranges
  • Few drops vanilla essence

Preparation:

Mix the flour with a little of the cold milk, put the remainder of the milk into a double saucepan, and when nearly boiling, add the flour and the milk; when thickened strain well, and put back into the saucepan to obtain the right consistency; add the sugar and essence of vanilla.

Peel the oranges, divide into sections, remove the white skin, and pits, and cook in half a pint of water and four ounces of sugar for about ten minutes; then take up, and drain on a sieve.

Drop the orange sections into the above batter, mixing the whole carefully.

Fry the fritters in hot butter or oil, taking each orange section up with a spoon, with ample batter to well cover it, and so dropping it to the fat.

Do not fry too many at a time.

When of a golden color take them up, and drain well on a paper or a cloth.

Dredge with icing sugar, and serve plain or with an orange flavored syrup.

These are also used to garnish a rice or vermicelli mold.

Vanilla Sauce Ingredients:

  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation:

Utilizing a thick-bottom sauce pan, melt the butter and add the sugar, heavy cream and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 5 minutes. After about 5 minutes, add the vanilla extract and take away from the heat. Serve either warm or cold and pour over your favorite dessert.

This sauce will be very thin while it's hot, however once it cools, it will thicken considerably.

Servings:
6