Fried Apple Rings with Ice-cream & Vanilla Custard Sauce

Ingredients:
2 Elstar apples ~ sliced crosswise 1/4" thick ring
27g plain flour
24ml dry white wine (I used milk)
1 egg ~ separate yolk & white

Cinnamon sugar
3 tbsp sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon powder

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mix flour & dry white wine/milk together.   Then add egg yolk & mix well.
2. In another bowl, whisk the egg white on high speed till soft peak.
3. Then fold 1/3 of the meringue into the egg batter mixture slowly.
4. In the deep fryer, heat the oil to 180 deg C.  Dip the sliced apple with a folk into the batter & deep fry till golden brown about 2-3 mins.
5. Drain on a paper towel, and coat it with cinnamon sugar.
6. To assemble, pour the vanilla custard sauce on the plate, scoop a couple of your choice ice-cream & arrange the "Fried Apple Rings".  Serve immediately.

Vanilla Custard Sauce

2 cups whipping cream

4 large egg yolks

6 tbsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

Directions:

1. Place whipping cream in a heavy medium saucepan.  Bring cream to simmer.
2. Whisk egg yolks & sugar in a medium metal bowl to blend.  Gradually whisk in hot cream mixture.
3. Return mixture to saucepan & stir over medium-low heat until custard thickens & finger leaves a path when drawn across the back of spoon abt 4 mins.
4. Strain, cover & refrigerate custard sauce until cold.