Apple Rings in Cider Batter Recipe

 

These little beauties are delicious served with lashings of brandy butter or ginger ice cream. This recipe is taken from ‘Honeybuns All Day Cook Book’.

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Serves 4-6 people

Free from Gluten / Dairy  / Nuts

Ingredients

Apple Rings

  • 6 eating apples
  • Rapeseed oil, for frying

Batter

  • 100g sorghum flour
  • 85g polenta
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • 200ml of sparkling cider, chilled

Cinnamon sugar

  • 2 tbsp golden icing sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

 

Serve with a Blackberry Coulis as a dipping sauce, or with brandy butter or ginger ice cream.

Method

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  1. Preheat the oven to 200 °C
  2. Line a tray with some kitchen roll
  3. Cut the apples horizontally in half, cut out the core sections and discard. Cut into 1½ cm rings. Roast in the oven for 8 minutes. They will have turned slightly brown and slightly softened. Set aside to cool.
  4. To make the batter, place all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well with an electric mixer on high speed for 1 minute until the ingredients are combined. Chill until required.
  5. Sieve together the icing sugar and cinnamon and set to one side.
  6. Preheat a small saucepan on a high heat with approximately 2cm depth of rapeseed oil. To test whether the oil is hot enough, drop a small amount of the batter into it. If it sizzles immediately, then the oil is hot enough. If not, the batter will sink. Please be careful not to leave the pan of hot oil unattended.
  7. Dip the apple rings in the batter, ensuring they are well coated. Place the rings gently into the saucepan and turn down to a medium heat. Fry until golden brown, turning them after approximately 2-3 minutes to evenly cook.
  8. Drain on the kitchen roll, dust with cinnamon sugar and serve immediately. Serve either with Blackberry Coulis as a dipping sauce, or with lashing of brandy butter or ginger ice cream.

Storage

Best eaten hot out of the pan

Tip

We left the skin on the apples but you can peel them if you prefer.