Fried Pastries With Wine Syrup
Watching your figure? This dairy free and vegetarian recipe has 300 calories, 4g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sugar, bay leaf, orange juice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes.
Instructions
Make the syrup: Bring the wine, sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, orange zest and bay leaf to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring; cook until reduced to 3/4 cup, about 15 minutes.
Let cool completely. Discard the bay leaf.
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
Add 1/2 cup water, the egg, orange zest and juice and whisk until just combined.
Transfer the batter to a plastic squeeze bottle.
Heat 1 1/2 inches vegetable oil in a shallow pot over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 380 degrees F. Squeeze the batter into the oil into 2-inch rounds; fry, turning once, until puffed and golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar and top with pomegranate seeds and the wine syrup.
Photograph by Anna Williams