Thanks Canada's Wonderland for sharing your fabulous Funnel Cake recipe!
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Makes 3-4 large funnel cakes, or
5-7 small ones.
Strawberry Sauce
Make strawberry sauce first and
store in a refrigerator.
Ingredients:
·
250g Frozen Strawberries
·
1 L + 30 ml water
·
100g strawberry Jam
·
200g sugar
·
50g strawberry glaze (optional)
·
2 tsp strawberry extract
·
2 tbsp red food coloring
·
56g modified corn starch (clear gel) – (if not
available can be replaced with corn starch; adjust amount as per packaging
instructions for 30 ml of water)
Directions:
1. In a
thick-bottom pot bring 1 L water to boil.
2. Add sugar,
strawberry jam, strawberry glaze, red food coloring and bring to boil on medium
heat.
3. Mix
modified corn starch (Clear Gel) – (if not available can be replaced with corn
starch) and mix with 30 ml water.
4. Pour
modified corn starch mixture slowly into the boiling strawberry jam-strawberry
glaze mixture while stirring.
5. Make sure
no lumps in it. Bring to boil, add strawberry extract and mix. Turn off the
heat.
6. Place
frozen strawberries in a heat-proof container. Pour boiling mixture over the
frozen strawberries and mix well.
7. Cover with
a lid and place in the refrigerator until strawberries are thawed. Mix gently
before you serve it with funnel cakes.
Funnel Cake
Ingredients:
·
2 large eggs, room temperature
·
250ml 2% milk
·
250ml water
·
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
·
400g all-purpose flour
·
52g sugar
·
3 tsp baking powder
·
1/4 tsp salt
·
Oil for deep frying (enough to cover funnel cake)
·
Confectionery (Icing) sugar
·
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Directions:
1. In a bowl,
mix all dry ingredients flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
2. In a
separate bowl, mix all wet ingredients eggs, milk, water and vanilla extract
until well blended.
3. Slowly
combine dry ingredients into wet until completely mixed and there are no lumps.
Do not over mix and make sure mixture is smooth.
4. Pour
mixture into a pitcher or squeeze bottle.
5. In a
thick-bottom pot, heat oil to 375°F.
6. Test oil by
dropping a small spoonful of batter in oil. If it rises to surface quickly, oil
is ready.
7. Hold the
jug or squeeze bottle with the funnel cake mixture 3-4 inches above the oil
(wear an oven mitt for safety).
8. Pour about
1 cup funnel cake mixture in a spiral motion.
9. With a
slotted spoon carefully fry each side about 2 minutes until golden brown. (Be
careful not to splash hot oil)
10.
Remove funnel cake and drain excess oil on paper
towels.
Serving:
1. Place warm
funnel cake on a plate, pour about 2 spoons (or more as desired) of strawberry
sauce over, sprinkle confectionery sugar and serve.
2. If
available, can be served with vanilla ice cream.
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