Recipe - Peach Fritters

4 cup Virgin olive oil; for frying
1 One half cup Flour
2 tablespoon Sugar
1 One half cup Spanish sparkling wine
3 tablespoon Extravirgin olive oil
2 Jumbo egg whites
4 lg Perfect peaches
One fourth cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Apricot jelly; warmed in
saucepan
One half cup Almonds; finely chopped
To a powder
Juice of 1 lemon
Powdered sugar; to garnish

Preheat oil to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour,
sugar and sparkling wine. Stir in oil. Whisk whites to soft peaks and fold
gently into sparkling wine mixture and set aside. Peel peaches and cut into
1/2inch thick wedges. Dip each peach into sugar and then dip into warm
jelly. Finally, dip each peach wedge into almond powder. When oil is ready,
dip prepped peach pieces into batter, drop into oil and cook until crisp
and light golden brown. Add lemon juice to remaining jelly and place into
bowl in center of service platter. Remove fritters to drain on paper towel,
dust with powdered sugar and serve warm. This recipe yields 4