CORN AND CRAB FRITTERS

This is a must try recipe! Corn and Crab Fritters are my new culinary summer favorite!!!!

Corn and Crab Fritters are a very very easy meal and I would be so comfortable serving this for company.

It is full of great flavor and the fritter texture is hearty without being too heavy!

Just a little warning: These are NOT crab cakes! They are fritters~ very different texture.

For StoneGable's Crab Cake recipe, click HERE. 

CORN AND CRAB FRITTERS WITH HOMEMADE TARTAR SAUCE

Makes 10-12 fritters

1 cup flour

1/4 cup cornmeal

3 TBS chopped chives

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

salt 

1/8 tsp ground red pepper 

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

3/4 cups corn (I'm using fresh corn cooked and taken off the cob, about 1 large ear)

8oz. lump crab meat, picked over

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Combine flour, cornmeal, chives, baking powder, salt, and red pepper in a large bowl. Mix.

Combine buttermilk and eggs in a bowl and mix well. Add egg mixture, corn and crab meat to the flour mixture, stirring gently.

Heat a large skillet with 2 TBS oil. Heat till oil is hot and shimmery. Drop 4,  1/4 cup  cup batter mounds in the pan.  Cook on one side for 4 minutes until golden brown, turn and cook for 2 minutes longer.  Repeat adding 2 TBS oil to pan until all the batter is used. Keep in a warm oven.

Serve with tartar sauce.

Tartar Sauce

1/2 cup good mayonnaise

3-4 TBS zucchini relish , or sweet pickle relish (look for an upcoming post for zucchini relish)

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

Mix in a bowl and chill in refrigerator.

Serve in a little shell... so fun!

Next time:

~ I might double the corn, just to see how it tastes

~ double the batch and freeze them

~ make the fritters smaller and serve them as appetizer with a dollop of tartar sauce

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