Deep Fried Quality Street

Sun, 17 November 2019

RECIPE: Deep fried Quality Street sweets in batter

Ingredients

12 fridge cold quality street sweets

1 lb /16 oz  self raising flour

500ml /15 fl oz  fridge cold    water aprox

pinch salt

2 teaspoons malt vinegar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

oil for fryer  

Method

1-to make batter,sift most of the flour ,baking powder and a pinch of salt into a large bowl and whisk in

   cold water to give a thick batter,adding a little more water if batter  seems over thick

2-add in vinegar and vanilla essence

3-mixture should have no lumps or bumps and be of a thick consistency

4-heat oil in fryer to 140 degrees 

5-drop in a pinch of batter ,if the batter rises,bubbles and browns  it is ready

6-using tongs place  sweets into small bowl of cold water then into leftover flour ,once coated in flour dip sweets into batter ,covering the whole sweet

7-place into hot oil in fryer and fry for 2-3 minutes until crunchy and golden

8-remove and place on paper towel so excess oil can be soaked up

9-serve with a dusting of icing sugar