Toffee Apples by Mark Hartman

Ingredients

2 golden delicious apples

1/4 cup of flour

1/4 cup of cornstarch

1 egg

1 teaspoon of sesame oil

1 cup of sugar

oil for deep frying

toasted sesame seeds

Directions

Peel and core the apples and cut into 8 wedges. Combine the flour, cornstarch, egg and sesame oil in a small bowl.

Mix to form a thick, smooth batter. Heat oil in a deep fryer or wok.

Put the apples in the batter. Remove fruit from the batter with a slotted spoon and drain off excess.

Deep fry for about 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Repeat until you have fried all of the fruit.

Just before serving set up a bowl of ice water.

Heat the oil and deep fry the fruit again and drain. Put the sugar, sesame seeds and 2 tablespoons of oil from fryer into a pot.

Heat until the sugar carmelizes. Add the fruit and stir gently. Take them out and place in ice water.

Drain and serve at once.

Recipe by Mark Hartman