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🍽️ Crispy Lard Fritters

527 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Soak the raisins in grappa for about 1 hour. Cover the bowl while doing so.
  2. 2. Put 250 milliliters of water, the butter, nutmeg, and a pinch of salt into a pot.
  3. 3. Bring the mixture in the pot to a boil.
  4. 4. Pour all the flour at once into the boiling liquid.
  5. 5. Stir the mixture vigorously until a firm dough ball forms.
  6. 6. Let the dough dry in the pot over low to medium heat for about 1 minute.
  7. 7. Make sure a light coating forms on the bottom of the pot as you move the dough.
  8. 8. Remove the pot from the stove and transfer the dough into a separate bowl.
  9. 9. Let the dough cool down briefly until it is no longer boiling hot.
  10. 10. Stir the eggs into the dough one by one while using the dough hooks of your hand mixer.
  11. 11. Add the soaked raisins along with the grappa liquid to the dough.
  12. 12. Mix the sugar, ricotta, and lemon zest into the dough mixture.
  13. 13. Fill a pot with about 4 centimeters of oil and heat it up.
  14. 14. Have two wet teaspoons ready to portion the dough.
  15. 15. Scoop dough portions with the spoons and shape them into small lumps.
  16. 16. Fry the dough lumps in batches in the hot oil.
  17. 17. Cook them for a few minutes until they are golden brown and crispy.
  18. 18. Remove the finished fritters from the oil and let them drain on kitchen paper.
  19. 19. Finally, dust the warm fritters with powdered sugar.

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