Easy apple and cinnamon fritters

These sweet apple and cinnamon fritters look amazing and taste even better. Go on – treat yourself!

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 cup soda water, chilled
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 large pink lady apples
• Vegetable oil, for shallow-frying
• 4 scoops vanilla ice-cream, to serve
• 1/3 cup golden syrup, to serve

Method

1. Sift flour and bicarb into a bowl. Gradually add soda water, whisking until a smooth batter forms.
2. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a shallow dish.
3. Peel and core apples. Cut into thick rounds (4 rounds per apple).
4. Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan over medium-high heat. Dip 1 apple round in batter, allowing excess to drain. Add to oil. Repeat with 3 more apple rounds. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes each side or until golden. Using a slotted spoon, transfer fritters to a plate lined with paper towel to drain for 20 seconds.
5. Add fritters to cinnamon sugar. Toss to coat. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining apple, batter and sugar.
6. Stack fritters on serving plates. Top with ice-cream and drizzle with golden syrup. Serve.