Strawberry Fritters With Chocolate Sauce Food

FAMOUS STRAWBERRY FRITTERS

Steps:

• Wash strawberries and dry thoroughly on paper towels; hull and quarter strawberries and place on a dry paper towel.
• Whisk eggs, milk, butter, and vanilla in a bowl; add powdered sugar, salt, and baking powder and combine.
• Add flour and mix to make a smooth batter; let stand at least 30 minutes.
• Mix strawberries into batter.
• Cover a rack with 3 layers of paper towels; heat 1 inch of oil to 375° in a deep flat-bottomed heavy pan (or follow manufacturer's instructions if using an electric fryer).
• Dip a heaping tablespoon of batter carefully into hot oil; oil may foam or bubble; do not fry more than 4 fritters at a time.
• Fry approximately 1 1/2 minutes on each side, turning with a slotted spoon.
• Remove fritters when golden brown and place on prepared rack to drain.
• Cover tops of fritters with additional paper towels.
• Let cool 5 minutes and roll in granulated sugar (or can dust with powdered sugar).
• Serve 3 or 4 fritters on a plate.
• Fritters are best when eaten within 30 minutes; if you wait too long to eat them, the batter becomes soggy.

BANANA FRITTERS WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, milk, and butter. Add the flour, salt, and the sugar to the egg mixture, combine well, beat until mixture is smooth, and allow to rest in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
• In a dry clean bowl whip the egg whites until stiff, but not dry. Fold the egg whites into the batter with a rubber spatula.
• In a large heavy-bottom saucepan, pour enough oil to fill the pan about a third of the way, about 3 to 5 inches.
• Heat over medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 350 degrees F. dredge the banana pieces in the confectioners' sugar then dip the pieces into the batter. Deep-fry the bananas in batches until golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• Drizzle with chocolate sauce. Garnish with mint leaves.
• In a heavy bottom saucepan, put chocolate and water. Over low heat, melt the chocolate, while stirring. Boil the mixture for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and add the rum.

BERRIES WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Set angel food cake slices on a baking sheet and toast in oven to make less spongy. Rinse and hull the strawberries and cut them in half (or rinse and dry the raspberries.)
• Bring sugar, rum, water and chocolate to a simmer (sauce will be thin.) Remove from heat, add butter and cream.
• Set angel food cake in center of plate; top with strawberries. Drizzle chocolate sauce over the top.