Recipe#11227

Title: Fig Fritters

From: S.Mancini@t-online.de (S.Mancini) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Bunuelos de Higos (Fig Fritters) 
 Date: 26 Jun 1998 04:33:53 -0600 
 Message-ID: <6lsd97$9u0$4@news00.btx.dtag.de> 

Yield: 24 Figs
 24 firm ripe figs
 2 eggs, separated
 5/8 cup milk
 1 tb oil
 1 pn salt
 grated lemon rind
 4 1/2 oz flour
 1 tb sugar
 oil for frying
 Wash and dry the figs. If they are large, halve or quarter them.
 In a bowl beat the egg yolks with the milk, oil, salt and lemon
 rind. Stir in the flour and sugar and combine well. Refrigerate
 the batter for 2 hours. Beat the egg whites until stiff  and fold
 them into the batter. Dip the figs into the batter and fry them in
 deep, hot oil until golden brown. Drain breefly and sprinkle with
 sugar. Apricots, bananas and other fruit can be prepared in the
 same way.