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Corn Fritters with Pickled Chiles

Name: Corn Fritters with Pickled Chiles
Total time: 1 h 47 min
Yield: Makes about 20 fritters; serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tsp fast-acting yeast; 130 g all-purpose flour, about 1 cup; 150 g fine cornmeal, about 1 cup; 1½ tsp kosher salt; freshly ground black pepper, plenty, to taste; 120 ml plain whole-milk or low-fat yogurt, not Greek; 1/2 cup; 120 ml water, 1/2 cup, plus a splash more if needed; 2 ears sweet corn, husked, kernels cut off, cobs scraped for their milk; 100 g pickled chiles, store-bought or homemade, finely chopped (about 2/3 cup); 3 scallions, trimmed, including 1 cm of the green tops, sliced on a sharp bias; 45 g Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, freshly grated, about 1/2 cup; 1000 ml vegetable oil, for deep-frying, at least 5 cm deep in a tall-sided pot; kosher salt, for seasoning the hot fritters, to taste; compound butter, for serving, to taste

A yeasted cornmeal and yogurt batter studded with raw sweet corn, pickled chiles, scallions and Parmigiano, deep-fried into puffy, deeply golden fritters and served warm with a flavoured butter.

YieldMakes about 20 fritters; serves 4
Hands-on47 min
Total1 h 47 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Batter

1 tspfast-acting yeast
130 gall-purpose flour, about 1 cup
150 gfine cornmeal, about 1 cup
1½ tspkosher salt
to tastefreshly ground black pepper, plenty
120 mlplain whole-milk or low-fat yogurt, not Greek; 1/2 cup
120 mlwater, 1/2 cup, plus a splash more if needed

Folded in

2ears sweet corn, husked, kernels cut off, cobs scraped for their milk
100 gpickled chiles, store-bought or homemade, finely chopped (about 2/3 cup)
3scallions, trimmed, including 1 cm of the green tops, sliced on a sharp bias
45 gParmigiano-Reggiano cheese, freshly grated, about 1/2 cup

To finish

1000 mlvegetable oil, for deep-frying, at least 5 cm deep in a tall-sided pot
to tastekosher salt, for seasoning the hot fritters
to tastecompound butter, for servingoptional

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Citrus fruits (any)
Lemon
Nightshades (any)
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Scallion (green onion)
Chives
Cabbage family (any)
Parsley
Black and white pepper
Yeast
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Tyramine
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Crisp

Equipment

Stovetop
Deep fryer
Probe thermometer

Season

Summer
Fall

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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