Ingredients

• 4 crisp eating apples
• Juice of ½ lemon
• ¼ cup cornflour
• Sunflower oil for deep frying
• Toasted sesame seeds, for sprinkling
• For the fritter batter:
• 1 cup plain flour
• Generous pinch of salt
• ½ cup water
• 2 tbsp. sunflower oil
• 2 egg whites
• For the sauce:
• 1 cup clear honey
• ½ cup sunflower oil
• 1 tsp. white wine vinegar

How to Make Honeyed Apples

• Peel, core and cut the apples into eighths, brush each piece lightly with lemon juice, then dust with cornflour.
• To make the sauce, heat the honey and oil in a pan, stirring constantly until blended.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the white wine vinegar.
• To make the batter:
• Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, then stir in the water and oil.
• Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks and then fold them into the batter.
• Heat the oil in a wok. Spear each piece of apple in, turn on a skewer, dip in the batter and fry in the hot oil until golden.
• Drain on kitchen paper. Place the fritters in a dish and pour the sauce over.
• Transfer the fritters to a lightly oiled serving dish and sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds.
• Serve the honeyed fritters at once, offering bowls of iced water for dipping to crispen the honey coating.