corn fritters for a fall day

just a quick little something to welcome in fall (my favorite season)

had some extra corn laying around from the farmers market, so i threw these together with some spices and a good beer batter.  serve these up with a spicy cajun sour cream....mmm, mmm, good!

  beer battered corn fritters w/ spicy cajun sour cream  

beer batter recipe, click here

1 cup of corn meal (for thickening)

2 cups corn

1 red bell pepper - chopped

½ yellow onion – chopped

¼ tsp crushed red pepper

2 tsp hot sauce 

1 cup dairy-free sour cream

2 tbsp cajun spice (garlic and onion powder, crushed red pepper, paprika, salt and pepper)

in a medium sized skillet heat your oil.  add your onions, peppers, corn and 1 tsp hot sauce.  cook until al dente. remove from heat and let stand until cool.

in a small bowl combine your dairy-free sour cream, 1 tsp hot sauce and the cajun spice.  set in refrigerator until ready to serve.   

in a large mixing bowl, throw together your beer batter and add your veg mixture as well as the crushed red pepper and salt and pepper.  fold together well.  if it is too runny, begin to add a little corn meal, 1 tbsp at a time. you want it to be pretty thick so as to almost “stand” on it’s own.  

in your deep fryer, heat your oil to 375 degrees.  with a large spoon, drop medium dumpling sized fritters into the hot oil (no more than 3 at a time, so as to keep the oil hot) cook for approximately 5-7 minutes, or until golden brown.   remove and drain on a towel. sprinkle each fritter with a little more salt. 

serve immediately with the cajun sour cream and an ice cold beer.

enjoy!

Comments

[andropause]

I did find a box with a decent amount of quick-cooking brown rice in it. I used the microwave directions to prepare a couple cups. By adding the brown rice and some extra salt, pepper and vinegar to the salad, I made dinner.

[Raw Food]

looks great

[Siobhan Crossen]

Yum :)