Best Corn Fritters Also Known As Mock Oysters Recipes

BEST OF THE BAY RECIPES...OYSTER FRITTERS

Steps:

• Using a whisk, beat the eggs in a small bowl. Add the milk and whisk until a bit frothy. In a second, larger bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper. Add in the egg mixture and mix until you have a smooth batter. Fold in the oysters and their liquor until they are evenly coated.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet until very hot. Ladle out 3 or 4 oysters and fry until golden brown on both sides, about 4 - 6 minutes. Remove and drain. Serve with tartar sauce or lemon slices and enjoy the first oyster harvest of the fall.

OLD FASHIONED CORN FRITTERS

Steps:

• Combine flour and powder in a large bowl.
• In a medium bowl, beat eggs and milk.
• Stir in corn and butter.
• Stir gradually into dry ingredients until just blended.
• In a deep fryer, electric frying pan or chicken fryer, heat oil until 375 degrees.
• Drop batter into heaping teaspoonfuls into hot oil and fry for 2- 3 minutes.
• You can also do this using less oil in a skillet, just flatten them a bit with the back of the spoon and then turn them like pancakes.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Some people put confectioner's sugar or syrup on these, we eat them plain.

OYSTER-CORN FRITTER WITH THREE VINEGAR EMULSION

Steps:

• Whip egg whites to hard peak. In a large stainless steel bowl, mix polenta, milk, oil and egg yolks. Fold in egg whites and corn. Add scallions, chiles, sugar, salt and pepper. Should have a consistency of thick pancake butter. Coat oysters lightly in flour. Dip oysters in batter and deep fry for 3 to 4 minutes until the fritters are GB&D (golden, brown and delicious). Season fritters immediately after frying. Place small mound of salad in the middle of a white plate and surround with fritters. Drizzle plate with emulsion.
• Mix all three vinegars and reduce in a stainless steel pan on low heat. Reduce by 80 percent until a syrup consistency is achieved. Place shallots, syrup, salt and pepper in a blender cup. Blend at high speed while drizzling in the oil. Check for seasoning.

CORN OYSTERS

Steps:

• Put the frozen corn in a colander. Rinse it until the ice crystals melt.
• Pour the corn into a bowl.
• Stir in the milk, flour or corn meal, salt, and pepper.
• Lay paper towels on top of a plate and set it aside.
• Set a skillet over medium-high heat on the stove.
• Heat the butter and oil in the skillet until the butter is melted.
• Put tablespoon-fulls of batter in the hot skillet.
• Cook until golden-brown. Repeat with the other side.
• Drain the oysters on the paper towels and cover with foil to keep them warm.
• Repeat with the others and serve hot.

CORN FRITTERS ALSO KNOWN AS "MOCK OYSTERS"

Steps:

• 1. Husk and silk 6 ears of sweet corn.With a sharp knife make cuts down through the center of each row of corn, scrape down the cob. In a bowl mix corn,egg and melted butter, salt and pepper. Stir inflour. In a heavy skillet pour in oil to depth of 1/2 inch. Heat oil. Carefully drop down the corn mixture with a Tablespoon into the hot oil. Fry till golden, turning once.