Apple Beignets
- 4 small apples, peeled, cored and sliced 1/2- inch thick
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup Calvados, plus 2 tablespoons
- 1 cup flour, sifted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 -ounce yeast
- 3/8 cup flat beer
- 3/8 cup apple juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Half an egg white, stiffly beaten
- Oil for deep frying
- Confectioners' sugar for dredging
- 1 pound canned apricot halves
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup Slivovitz
- Grated rind of half an orange
- 3/8 cup cream
- 1 egg yolk
- Place apple slices in a bowl.
- Sprinkle with sugar and 1/4 cup Calvados and allow to macerate 15 minutes.
- Make batter by placing sifted flour and salt into a warm bowl.
- Make a well in the center of the flour.
- Add the yeast, beer, apple juice and olive oil.
- Combine to form a smooth batter.
- Cover the bowl and allow the mixture to stand 4 hours.
- After this period add a little more beer if necessary and fold in the half egg white stiffly beaten.
- Heat oil for deep frying.
- Place macerated apple slices into a small frying basket and then place this basket into the batter.
- Allow all the apple slices to become well coated in the batter.
- Drain and then place into the hot oil.
- Fry the beignets for 3 minutes, or until batter is crisp and golden, drain and dredge in confectioner's sugar and serve accompanied by the apricot sauce.
- Apricot Sauce: Place apricots into a pan on high heat.
- Add the butter and allow to melt.
- Flavor with cinnamon.
- Pour in Slivovitz and light.
- When flames have almost died down, add the remaining 2 tablespoons Calvados.
- Add the grated rind of half an orange, and then stir in the cream.
- Puree in blender and then pour mixture back into the pan and heat.
- Whisk in the egg yolk and then place sauce into sauceboat.
- Serve.
apples, sugar, calvados, flour, salt, yeast, flat beer, apple juice, olive oil, egg white, confectioners, apricot halves, butter, cinnamon, orange, cream, egg yolk
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/apple-beignets-recipe.html (may not work)