Love Balls (Astarpungar In Iceland)
Recipe: #16796
January 17, 2015
Categories: Snacks, Dairy, Eggs, Fruit, Scandinavian, Budget-Friendly, Kid Pleaser, Quick Meals, Picnic, Deep Fry, Vegetarian, Kid's Lunches, Kosher Dairy more
"Mainly due to the title, I couldn't resist this recipe from "Cool Cuisine" (Traditional Icelandic Cuisine) by Nanna Rognvaldardottir. Per her intro: "These deep-fried balls should be eaten hot or warm. DO NOT make them too large or they will darken too much on the surface b4 they are cooked thru." This is your basic raisin fritter & is commonly used as a small sweet treat for children (after school & otherwise). Enjoy!"
Original recipe yields 12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (53.9 g)
- Calories 123.1
- Total Fat - 1.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.6 g
- Cholesterol - 36.4 mg
- Sodium - 217.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 23.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 8.6 g
- Protein - 3.7 g
- Calcium - 112.9 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Whisk eggs & sugar in a bowl.
Step 2
Mix flour, baking powder, cardamom & salt. Stir this mixture into the egg mixture, alternating w/the milk. (NOTE: You may not need all the milk. The batter should be thick & almost able to hold its shape.)
Step 3
Fold in the raisins. Heat oil to 365F.
Step 4
Shape balls using 2 tablespoons & fry 5-6 at a time for 3-4 min or till med-brown & puffy, turning several times to cook evenly.
Step 5
Remove w/slotted spoon, drain on absorbent paper & repeat process to use all batter.
Step 6
NOTE #1: Serving size is 2 "Love Balls" per person.
Step 7
NOTE #2: I was surprised there was no mention of plumping the raisins. I would favor doing that, but it's your choice.
Tips & Variations
- Slotted spoon
Tags :
Snacks
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