Corn and Cabbage Fritters
Ingredients
- 4 Spring Onions, finely chopped
- 1 tin of corn kernels, drained. Or use fresh!
- Approx 1 cup of red cabbage, chopped into pieces the same size as the corn kernels. I cut a thin slice from the cabbage then chopped that into smaller pieces.
- 1 egg
- half a cup of self raising flour, or use plain flour with a pinch of bicarb and half a teaspoon of baking powder.
- Salt and Pepper
- A splash of milk if needed.
- Olive oil, to cook.
Method
- In a large bowl, combine the spring onions, corn kernels and cabbage.
- sprinkle over the flour, salt and pepper and stir well so that all the vegetables are coated evenly. This will save lumps in your fritters. No one wants a surprise lump of uncooked flour in their fritter.
- Mix in the egg to form a dryish batter. If it's too dry, add a splash of milk, but not too much.
- Did you add too much milk? Sprinkle in some more flour, no biggy.
- Heat a little olive oil in a non stick pan, and place large spoonfuls of fritter batter into the pan. I could fit 3 in my pan, with a little room around each one.
- Leave to set on the bottom but don't let them burn. This will take a few minuets. When they are ready, turn and cook the other side.
- Drain on paper towels if you like, but they wont be that oily.
Spicy Tomato Salad
Ingredients
- About 2 cups of chopped, fresh tomatoes. I used quartered cherry tomatoes because they are going off in the garden, but use what ever you like, just chop it into small pieces.
- A big handful of parsley, chopped
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- a small glug of olive oil
- a small glug of red wine vinegar
- a big pinch of salt
- a small pinch of sugar.
Method
- Mix everything into a bowl, and let sit for at least an hour to allow the flavours to marry.
- That's it.
To Plate. (fancy!)
- Place a few fritters in a small stack.
- Place a big blob of sour cream on the top.
- ladle a big spoon of tomato salad on top of the sour cream.
- If you are not allergic to chilies (like my MIL) place a spoon of chili jam on the top.
- If you are feeling decadent, add some slices of perfect avocado. I wasn't feeling decadent.