Currant Fritters

Ingredients:

2 cups dry, fine bread crumbs
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
1/2 pound currants, washed and well dried
5 eggs, separated
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 teaspoon ground nutmeg


Preparation:

• Boil the milk and pour over the bread crumbs.
• Mix and put in the butter. Let it get cold.
• When cold, beat in the yolks and sugar. Add the seasoning, flour and stiff whites.
• Add in the currants dredged whitely with flour. The batter should be thick. Drop mixture in spoonfuls into the hot lard or vegetable oil and fry.
• Drain them on paper towel, sprinkle with powdered sugar and send hot to the table.