Carnival fritters are a must-have on the festive table when confetti and streamers color the cities. Easy to make, carnival fritters have only one downside: you can’t stop at just one, they’re delicious, sweet, and too good. All you need is a spoon, a bowl, and a pot full of hot oil to make these little bites of goodness, delightful, to be enriched if you like with a handful of raisins soaked in rum, which I omitted because not everyone in my family loves it. The key to a good result for these fritters, and always for a good fry, is to fry in deep, well-heated oil and a seed oil or frying oil that has a higher smoke point than olive oil, which is also somewhat overwhelming in taste.
If you’re looking for other fritters to try, check out apple and raisin fritters or large fritters to fill. There are also yogurt fritters or carnival fritters that take us back to childhood. Only for the very greedy, the fake profiteroles of fritters or the classic apple fritters.
Get your spoon ready and let’s see how to prepare these carnival fritters.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6 people
- Cooking methods: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Carnival
Ingredients for the preparation of carnival fritters
- 1 3/4 cups Flour
- 1 medium egg
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 1/3 cup Milk
- 2 tablespoons grappa or rum
- 1 Orange zest
- 1 pinch Salt
- Half packet baking powder for sweets
- 4 1/4 cups frying oil
Tools
- Bowl
- Saucepan
Preparation of carnival fritters
Start preparing the carnival fritters: in a bowl sift the flour with the baking powder and sugar. Separately, lightly beat the egg and milk with a fork. Flavor with rum or grappa. Add the mixture to the flour. Mix well.
Flavor the batter with the grated orange zest, making sure it is untreated and well-cleaned. Add a pinch of salt and mix everything together.
Heat the oil in a pot. It should reach a temperature of 347°F-356°F. If you don’t have a thermometer, just put a toothpick in the oil, and if bubbles form around it, it’s ready. Using two teaspoons or a spoon and your hands, form balls to drop directly into the oil. Fry for a couple of minutes, they should become golden brown. Drain on paper towels, roll in granulated sugar, and serve.
Storage
You can store the fritters for two or three days under a glass dome.
