Apple Fritters with Japanese Rice Flour (Gluten-Free)
Crispy and tossed in cinnamon and sugar while still warm, these apple fritters are made extra-light and GF with Japanese Rice Flour.
Crispy, hot and rolled-in cinnamon and sugar, these fritters will—we promise—disappear. The recipe was created by The Culinary Institute of America.
Apple Fritters with Japanese Rice Flour (Gluten-Free)
Makes 25 pieces
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (50g) egg yolk
- 1/4 cup (50g) whole eggs
- 2 1/2 cups (450g) sour cream
- 1/2 cup (120g) whole milk
- 2 TBS (25g) vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon (6g) vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
- 3 2/3 cups (525g) Japanese rice flour*
- 2 teaspoons (8g) salt (8g)
- 1/2 teaspoon (2g) nutmeg
- 1 TBS (15g) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon (5g) Xanthan gum
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled and small-diced
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons (5g) cinnamon
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven at 375F
Step 2
Combine all wet ingredients and whisk until smooth or 2 to 3 minutes.
Step 3
Combine granulated sugar, salt, nutmeg, baking powder and xanthan gum.
Step 4
Mix wet and dry ingredients together with a paddle attachment on a stand mixer on medium speed for about 1 minute.
Step 5
Add the peeled and diced apples and mix them at medium speed for 30 seconds. Rest the batter for 45 minutes to allow the starch to hydrate.
Step 6
Using 1 ounce or #40 scoop, portion batter into 350°F Frying oil.
Step 7
Flip fritters halfway through the frying process.
Step 8
When golden brown on both sides, after about 5 minutes, remove from the oil and finish in the oven for1 to 2 minutes or until fully cooked.
Step 9
Combine cinnamon, salt and sugar. toss hot fritters in cinnamon sugar mixture wile still hot from the oven.
*available at The Rice Factory here and Los Angeles’ Nijiya Market online and in stores.
