Corn Fritters
 
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Serves: 8-10 fritters
Ingredients
  • 1 egg
  • 1 15oz/425 gram can of sweetcorn kernels
  • ¾ cup/ 100 grams flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 spring onions, finely chopped, green parts only
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • pinch cayenne
  • ⅔ cup/ 150 ml milk
  • butter or cooking spray
  • 1 avocado
  • salsa (homemade, or your favorite brand)
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl, lightly beat the egg.
  2. Open the can of corn and drain off the liquid. Put the corn in a large bowl. Using a fork, potato masher, or immersion blender mash up the corn so about half is still whole kernels and about half is corn mush. It doesn't have to be exact, but you don't want the whole thing to be mush.
  3. Add the flour, baking powder, spring onions, cilantro salt, garlic, pepper, and cayenne to the corn mush. Mix it well.
  4. Now mix in the milk and beaten egg to the corn batter. Mix until everything is incorporated and you don't have any streaks of dry ingredients.
  5. If you have time, let the batter sit for 15-30 minutes just to thicken a bit. You don't have to do this step, but I like to because then when you pour the batter into the skillet it holds its shape.
  6. Heat a skillet over medium heat. When it's warm melt a pat of butter in the pan. Use a large spoon to pour batter into 3-4 inch rounds. I like to do just 2 fritters per skillet so they cook evenly and aren't overcrowded.
  7. Cook on one side until you start to see lots of bubbles popping through the batter and the batter you can see looks as if it's starting to dry out. This takes about 3-4 minutes. Adjust the heat on your burner if things are moving too fast or slow.
  8. Flip the fritter and cook for another 3-4 minutes so the other side can brown. The fritter is done when both sides are crispy and have a golden brown color.
  9. When a fritter is done, put it on a plate in the microwave. Again, you don't have to do this but I like to keep it in an enclosed space to keep it warm, but I find if I put a paper towel over the plate than the fritter loses some of its crispness. Also I don't recommend stacking done fritters on top of each other. This is also because the heat and steam from other fritters will cause them to soften. It doesn't change the flavor, just the texture.
  10. When all the fritters are done, cut the avocado in half, peel the skin off, and slice the avocado into thin strips.
  11. Put fritters on a plate. Arrange 4-5 strips of avocado on top of each fritter. Spoon a dollop of salsa across the avocado. Serve. (Alternatively you can also just leave everything out buffet style and people can serve themselves).
  12. Enjoy!
Recipe by Cooking is Messy at https://www.cookingismessy.com/2016/07/14/corn-fritters/