Poached Pear Fritters Recipe | Epicurious

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• Zest from 1 lemon, removed in thin strips with vegetable peeler
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
• 3 Bartlett or Anjou pears (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled, cut in half lengthwise, and cored
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup beer (not dark)
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 8 to 10 cups vegetable oil
• Confectioners' sugar