Bacon Scallop Corn Fritters Recipe
A bit of a hodgepodge this week! This is a sort of hybrid recipe that hubby thought up based on the shrimp fritters we did recently crossed with a hushpuppy. So, we've taken the fritter recipe and added some corn meal and corn flour for texture and flavour! It came out really delicious, too.
A few tricks to keep in mind for this one. If you're not going to use sparkling water, please at least use very cold water in your batter and try to keep it as cold as possible before it hits the oil. This will help keep things light and crispy. Also, do not overcook the bacon before adding it to the batter. You just want a little bit of colour, and you don't want it to be crispy, because it's going to get cooked again inside the fritter. Also also, make sure that the bacon is not super hot before you add it to your batter, otherwise it will start cooking it before it hits the oil, so drain and set your bacon aside to cool before you make the batter. Once the batter has come together, you want to get moving quickly, and get it in the hot oil right away.
You could definitely add other things to this. Some chopped green onions or chives would be great (we were out!), and you could replace the parsley with mitsuba or cilantro if you wanted. A little lemon or lime zest might be an interesting addition too, to add a bit of a citrusy zing.
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