My mother liked to cook a variety of fritters, with leftover holiday ham or turkey but

in the summer she prepared delicious squash flower or corn fritters which were more like savory pancakes and inspired this recipe.

Corn Fritters

I'm a fan of seasonal foods. In New Jersey we love local tomatoes, squashes and corn in the summer.


My favorite way to cook corn is simply boiling in water and enjoying the corn on the cob with salt and butter while the corn is still hot!. 


But...  corn fritters are special! It's a simple recipe and elevates the eating experience greatly. I like to have corn fritters with local honey or a little hot sauce.   


Corn Fritters

Prep Time: 30 min

Cooking Time: 10 min

Yield:  4 ea


Ingredients                                          

4 ea            Corn on the Cob, corn scraped into a bowl (about 2 cups)

4 Tbsp       AP Flour

1/2 tsp.      Baking Powder

1 ea             Egg, whisked

                    Water


1/2 tsp     Salt

1/4 tsp     Cayenne pepper


How to prepare Corn Fritters

Step 1 Mise en place

Husk the corn, being careful to remove all of the silk from the corn.                                                                                                                 






Step 2 Simmering the Corn

Shave the corn from the cob and place into a bowl. You can rib the back of the knife along the shaved corn to extract additional starchy liquid for the corn fritters.


Be sure to discard the corn hairs.












Add the egg and fold into the corn; add the flour, baking powder and seasonings and using a fork, stir to form a batter-add a splash of water. The corn will have wet, starchy liquid when you scrape it from the cob so you'll have to determine how much water to add depending on how much liquid the corn produced. You want to form a batter like for pancakes.  







Heat oil or clarified butter in a pan, when the oil is hot add one spoonful of the corn batter and fry until golden brown. (about 3 minutes at medium heat).

Use this as a tester and adjust the seasoning.




Carefully invert using a spatula and cook until brown on both sides. (about 3 additional minutes)



Continue to pan fry, placing the cooked fritters onto a towel to absorb the fat.


Enjoy




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