A sure sort of magic occurs if you mix greens with a little bit of binding and fry them till golden and crisp. Consider a stable okonomiyaki with cabbage, a hearty potato latke, a crispy pakora, or these pleasant corn fritters. The mix at all times hits the spot.
MY CORN FRITTER CRITERIA
Whereas I’ll gladly eat all types of vegetable fritters, my coronary heart is with a stable, candy corn model. The corn crisps properly whereas holding its texture. Relating to the floor, I don’t like my corn fritters overly cakey, which implies utilizing simply sufficient flour to maintain all of the components collectively.
When frying, you could be involved the fritters will disintegrate. Concern not; the secret’s to spoon into scorching oil, press down barely, and wait till the fritter is kind of crisp earlier than flipping.
FLAVOR IT
This recipe is a superb base for experimenting with different attention-grabbing taste mixtures. Add totally different cheeses, spices, grains, or kimchi to the batter. Some inspiration: cilantro + jalapeño, feta + cumin, or crimson lentil + curry.
I additionally love serving it with a hearty grain base or perhaps a multigrain combine.
CHEDDAR CORN FRITTERS WITH BASIL MAYO
A crispy summer time corn fritter paired with thinly sliced radishes and a swoosh of basil mayo.
- Yield: yields 2 servings, 3-4 fritters every 1x
- 2 ears of candy corn
- ½ small yellow onion (80g), thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup all objective flour
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 massive eggs
- Sunflower oil for frying
- 1 recipe for basil mayo (hyperlink)
- 1 radish, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
To make the batter: Reduce the kernels from the ears of corn (you must have about 1 ½ cups) and place them in a medium bowl with the onion. Add the salt and baking powder, adopted by the flour and cheese. Toss till properly coated, including extra flour if wanted. Crack within the egg and stir to mix. You would possibly query if the batter will maintain collectively, I guarantee you it’ll.
To make the fritters: Warmth a ¼-inch layer of sunflower oil in a medium skillet over medium warmth. When the oil is scorching, spoon the batter into 4 scoops into the new oil. Press down with the again of the spoon to flatten the fritters. Fry till the fritters are a deep golden, 3-4 minutes per aspect. Repeat with remaining batter.
Give a swoosh of the mayo within the backside of two bowls and high with the corn fritters. Toss the thinly sliced radish with the olive oil and salt, then end the fritters.
