December 4, 2024
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Rice fritters

Difficulty
Medium

Preparation time
25 minutes

Cooking time
40 minutes

Serves
4 people

Are you looking for a simple dessert that everyone will love? Here it is: rice fritters. This traditional Tuscan dessert cannot be missing to finish your lunch or dinner on 19th March, i.e. Father’s day.

Ingredients

  • 300 grs rice
  • 1 glass water
  • 100 grs flour
  • 20 grs butter
  • 1 grated lemon peel
  • salt
  • 1/2 l milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 200 grs sugar
  • 1 shot glass rum
  • oil for frying

Preparation

  1. Boil milk with water, sugar, a pinch of salt, grated lemon peel and butter.
  2. Pour in rice and cook over a low flame for twenty minutes, until liquid is completely absorbed.
  3. Let cool down.
  4. Add eggs and rum and start blending, adding flour little by little.
  5. Deep fry batter, making small balls with two spoons.
  6. When fritters will be well browned outside, take off the frying pan and let drain on a blotting paper.
  7. Roll each fritter in sugar and serve still warm.

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