Strawberry Fritters Recipe
Ingredients
1 jar (12 oz.) apricot preserves
2 pts. fresh strawberries (whole and unhulled), rinsed and completely dried
2 cups ground or grated filberts or walnuts
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups finely crushed saltines
Fat for deep frying heated to 365°F
Directions
Force the preserves through a sieve.
Gently but firmly grasp each berry by the hull; dip in preserves.
Using a fork to help coat, cover berry up to hull with the preserves.
Allow excess to drip through tines of fork.
Coat with nuts, still holding hull.
Shake gently.
Dip in beaten egg, smoothing off excess, and then coat with cracker crumbs up to hull.
Place on wire racks and chill 30 minutes to set coating.
Fry berries, 6 or 8 at a time, in the hot fat until golden brown (less than 1 minute).
Be sure that temperature of fat is heated to 365°F after each frying.
Carefully remove with slotted spoon.
Drain on paper towel-lined rack.
Gently but firmly grasp each berry by the hull; dip in preserves.
Using a fork to help coat, cover berry up to hull with the preserves.
Allow excess to drip through tines of fork.
Coat with nuts, still holding hull.
Shake gently.
Dip in beaten egg, smoothing off excess, and then coat with cracker crumbs up to hull.
Place on wire racks and chill 30 minutes to set coating.
Fry berries, 6 or 8 at a time, in the hot fat until golden brown (less than 1 minute).
Be sure that temperature of fat is heated to 365°F after each frying.
Carefully remove with slotted spoon.
Drain on paper towel-lined rack.
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