Carnival fritters with apples, walnuts, and raisins. Traditional and Thermomix recipes.

These small delights, ideal for celebrating Carnival, as a snack or dessert or finger food, I know they are a treat, but we need to give a boost to our metabolism every now and then, maybe after a busy day, to reward ourselves after a period of dieting. In compensation, there are lots of apples that lighten the dough, but I assure you that one leads to another.

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Carnival Fritters with Apples and Walnuts

Cost: Very economical
Rest time: 5 Hours
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 6
Cooking methods: Frying
Cuisine: Regional Italian
Seasonality: Autumn, Winter and Spring, Carnival

522.00 Kcal

calories per serving

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Energy 522.00 (Kcal)
Carbohydrates 69.29 (g) of which sugars 29.08 (g)
Proteins 9.77 (g)
Fat 24.60 (g) of which saturated 3.13 (g)of which unsaturated 20.28 (g)
Fibers 3.27 (g)
Sodium 98.20 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 200 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA^* and FoodData Central^** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

^* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ^** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

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7.1 oz apple
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup raisins
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
7/8 cup water (warm + 100 ml to soak raisins)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
1 lemon (juice)
1 espresso cup limoncello
1 l sunflower oil
as needed powdered sugar (optional)
1 packet instant yeast
as needed sugar

Carnival Fritters with Apples and Walnuts

Tools

We need

1 Bowl
1 Knife
1 Pan
1 Cutting Board

Steps

Carnival Fritters with Apples and Walnuts

The preparation of the ingredients is the same for both versions.
Peel the apples and dice them, collect them in a bowl and add lemon juice.
Then soak the raisins in limoncello with 100 ml of hot water for about 30 minutes
Put 30 grams of flour, sugar, and the packet of yeast in a bowl.
Add 1 glass of warm water taken from your supply.
Mix well until the yeast has dissolved, then cover with plastic wrap and wait 15 minutes.
Now it’s time to assemble all the ingredients: Pour in the rest of the flour, eggs, salt, apples, chopped walnuts, squeezed raisins, and the yeast mixture you made a moment ago.
Mix with a wooden spoon or hand for about 15 minutes, then cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 5 hours.
After the time has passed, heat plenty of seed oil in a pan or fryer.
As soon as the oil is hot, pour the mixture using 2 spoons.
Cook for about 2 minutes per side, then turn. Then place the fritters on absorbent paper.
Only when serving, sprinkle with sugar.
Carnival fritters with apples, walnuts, and raisins are ready for tasting.
Put the packet of yeast, the teaspoon of sugar, 30 grams of flour from your supply, and 100 grams of water in the bowl. 3 min at 98.6°F speed 2.
Let the yeast rest in the bowl for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, add all the other ingredients 3 min reverse speed 2.
Pour the mixture into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rest for 5 hours.
After the time has passed, heat plenty of seed oil in a pan or fryer.
When the oil has reached a sufficiently high temperature, drop spoonfuls of the mixture, cook for about 2 minutes per side, then turn.
Then place the fritters on absorbent paper, then sprinkle with sugar.
Here are the Carnival fritters with apples, walnuts, and raisins ready for a little sin of gluttony.