Recipe#6243

Title: Cseresznyek rumos palacsintaban (Cherries in Rum Fritter)

From:The Meades
Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 16:36:21 -0400 
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   2      each          Eggs
     1/2  cup           Flour -- all-purpose
   1      tablespoon    Sugar -- powdered
   1      pinch         Salt
   1      tablespoon    Rum
     1/2  cup           Butter -- clarified
     1/2  cup           Oil -- vegetable
   1      pound         Cherries, bing -- firm w/stems
                        Sugar -- powdered
                        Sugar -- vanilla
Mix eggs, flour, 1 tablespoon powdered sugar, salt and rum till smooth.
Let the batter rest for 1 hour.
Heat butter and oil in a frying pan. When frying temperature is reached,
 turn heat to low. Dip cherries into the batter and stand them up in the butter and oil. 
Turn them carefully by their stems to make sure they
 will become crisp golden brown on all sides. Blot in powdered sugar on paper towels.
Pile up fritters in pyramid shapes, sprinkle with vanilla sugar.