Onion Flower Fritters

Name: Onion Flower Fritters
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 7
Ingredients: 2 kg mixed onions (vegetable onions, household onions, red onions); 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 250 g Flour; 7-10 Tbsp Sweet peppers; 7-10 Tbsp dried herbs of Provence; 2 l oil for frying; 100 g Breadcrumbs

AUTHOR
Leta Marks

DIFFICULTY
not easy

RATING

COOK TIME
45 mins

TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 7

2 kg mixed onions (vegetable onions, household onions, red onions)
7-10 Tbsp Salt
250 g Flour
7-10 Tbsp Sweet peppers
7-10 Tbsp dried herbs of Provence
2 l oil for frying
100 g Breadcrumbs

Directions

1
Peel the onions. Cut crosswise 4 times from the base of the flower to about 1.5 cm before the root. Blanch the cut onions in a large pot of boiling salted water for 3-4 minutes.
2
Lift out and pat dry well.
3
For the dough, mix 200 g flour with 400 ml cold water until smooth. Season with 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp paprika and 2 tbsp herbs from Provence. Heat the oil in a fryer or pot to approx. 180 °C.
4
Dust the onions with flour first, then dip them into the dough, also spreading the dough in the spaces between the onions. Lift out onions, let them drip off a little and turn them into breadcrumbs or sprinkle them generously with breadcrumbs.
5
Bake in hot oil for 5-10 minutes one after the other until golden brown. Take out and let it drip off on kitchen paper.