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Strawberry Fritters

(recipe, Williamsburg Farmers Market)

Introduction

These delectable strawberry fritters were presented by Barbara Scherer of Colonial Williamsburg Foodways Department from an 18th Century Cookbook of a French Family.

Ingredients

1. flour
2. 1 spoonful brandy
3. ½ glass white wine
4. 2 egg whites, beaten
5. green lemonpeel, finely shredded

Steps

1. Make a paste with some flour, a spoonful of brandy, half a glass of white wine, the whites of two eggs beat, and green lemonpeel shred fine
2. Mix it well, neither too thick nor too thin; it should rope in falling from the spoon
3. Dip some large strawberries into it, fry them, and glaze them with a salamander.