Apple fritter rings

An 'Aebleskive' (apple slice) is a pan baked spherical puffy cake that the Danes have (a lot) at Yule. It all began with the apple fritter rings, which we have known in DK since the Middle Ages. It's slices of apple dipped in batter and pan fried in butter or lard. The apple fritter developed into a ball-shaped cake baked in a special pan. At first, there was some apple sauce or a piece of apple inside the cake. Today, there is usually no trace of apple. We just have the cake and yet we still call it an 'Aebleskive'. In the 1800s the spherical Aebleskive was regarded a delicacy and became associated with Yule. Aebleskiver and biscuits made a typical Yule present given to the farm servants.

Try this recipe and find out how the original Aebleskive tasted.

Procedure

Mix the two types of flour and salt. Add most of the buttermilk and beer and whisk. Then add the honey and whisk in the eggs. The batter should be like a thick pancake batter. Add the rest of the buttermilk if needed. Leave to rest while you prepare the apples.

Cut the apples crosswise into 0.5 cm thick slices and remove the core. Dap the slices
with a towel if too wet.

Heat the fat in a frying pan. Dip the apples into the batter and shallow fry about 3-4 min. on each side until golden crisp.

Serve the warm apple fritters with honey and/or marmalade

Ingredients

2 persons
  • 200 g rye flour
  • 60 g wheat flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 200 ml buttermilk
  • 100 ml beer
  • 1 large tsp honey (or sugar)
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tangy apples
  • 100 g lard/vegetable fat/butter

You can also deep fry the apple fritters if you prefer