Dusted Vanilla Ricotta Fritters

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• vegetable oil, for frying
• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• confectioners' sugar or cinnamon sugar, for dusting
• preserves, for dipping

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan or deep fryer, heat 2" of vegetable oil to 375°.
• 2 cover a wire rack with paper towels and place on a baking sheet near your heated oil.
• 3 while the oil is heating, in a large bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar and vanilla with a wooden spoon. add ricotta and blend until smooth. add flour and baking powder and combine until just blended.
• 4 using a very small ice cream scoop, melon baller or 2 teaspoons, slide 8 walnut-size balls of fritter batter into the hot oil.
• 5 fry until deep golden and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.
• 6 transfer fritters to rack with a slotted spoon to drain.
• 7 continue frying in batches of 8.
• 8 arrange on a platter and dust well with confectioners' sugar and/or cinnamon sugar and serve with your favorite preserve.