Sweetcorn fritters
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 10 to 30 mins
- Serve
- Makes 12 fritters
These easy sweetcorn fritters from the Hairy Bikers are perfect as a light lunch, but also good as finger food for little ones or an indulgent brunch with sliced avocado and bacon.
Each serving provides 98 kcal, 3.2g protein, 8.1g carbohydrate (of which 2g sugars), 5.7g fat (of which 0.8g saturates), 1.1g fibre and 0.1g salt.
Ingredients
- 300g/10½oz sweetcorn (you can use tinned or frozen, but do defrost them)
- 3 spring onions, very finely chopped
- 3 free-range eggs
- 30ml/1fl oz milk (any type)
- 75g/2½oz plain flour
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- vegetable oil, for frying
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
Put the sweetcorn and spring onions in a large bowl. Beat the eggs with the milk and pour over the sweetcorn. Season with salt and pepper then mix well.
Sieve the flour and cayenne pepper into the same bowl. Stir well to combine.
Add the oil to a large frying pan – you need to shallow fry these, so make sure the base of the pan is well covered. Heat the oil, then test by adding a tiny bit of the batter – it should immediately start bubbling around the edges when it hits the oil.
Using a small ladle or measuring cup, drop batter onto the oil – you need around 2 tablespoons of mixture per fritter. You should be able to fry 4–5 at the same time.
Fry for a couple of minutes on one side until light brown, then turn over and cook for a further minute.
Turn out onto kitchen paper to remove any excess oil and keep warm in a low oven. Continue until you have used all the batter.
Recipe tips
Tinned sweetcorn tends to be sweeter and softer than frozen sweetcorn, but both are suitable for use in this recipe. The weight in the ingredients list is a drained weight, so you'll need two 198g tins.
To defrost frozen sweetcorn, either leave to thaw for a few hours, or pour boiling water over and leave to sit for a couple of minutes before rinsing under cold water and leaving to drain thoroughly. You can defrost sweetcorn in the microwave too, but it does have a tendency to pop and make a mess, so cover with a plate and allow to cool before mixing into the batter.
Sweetcorn fritters are best served straight from the pan, but if you want to make them ahead they can be stored in the fridge and reheated in the oven (180C/160C Fan/Gas 4). Cook for approximately 10 minutes until crisp and hot.
