Tomato Fritters

Ingredients

• 1 can tomatoes
• 6 cloves
• ⅛ cup sugar
• 3 slices onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Few grains cayenne
• ¼ cup butter
• ½ cup corn-starch
• 1 egg

Method

Cook first four ingredients twenty minutes, rub all through a sieve except seeds, and season with salt and pepper. Melt butter, and when bubbling, add corn-starch and tomato gradually; cook two minutes, then add egg slightly beaten. Pour into a buttered shallow tin, and cool. Turn on a board, cut in squares, diamonds, or strips. Roll in crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, fry in deep fat, and drain.