D's Corn Fritters!

June's food remix item: CORN!

Ever since visiting E&O Trading Co in Downtown SF, I've always remembered those crispy sweet corn fritters. It was fate that I saw this beautiful recreation of them on Pinterest.

Roe's birthday part 2 was a pizza making party, BYOT. Bring your own toppings. I decided to make these fritters as an appetizer while the pizzas were baking.



My first attempts were pretty unsuccessful. The fritters didn't stay put together. I set aside a bunch of the cooked corn to use for toppings, and a lot of it got eaten before it made it onto the dough.


Anyways. Here's how you make these things.

Ingredients:
3 ears of corn, kernels cut off the cob
1 shallot, diced
2 green onions, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1/3 cup corn meal
1/3 cup all purpose flour, sifted
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
salt and pepper to taste

1. Place corn kernels, shallot, green onions, and garlic into a large mixing bowl and gently fold together.
2. Add egg, followed by the flour and stir until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Pour oil into a heavy bottomed skillet and place over medium heat.
4. Place a small amount of the mixture (about ¼ cup) into the heated skillet and gently press down to flatten.

5. Sauté for about 5 minutes, on each side, or until golden brown.
6. Remove from heat and drain on paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.

Oh yea in case you wanted to see where the reject corn kernels ended up.. here they are on my mozzerella and goat cheese pizza with pear and sauteed onion and corn. Yum! 

 Happy hump day all! Hope you enjoyed my remixes. Roe's up for next week so make sure you check back :)

D's chambray

This past weekend west coast FLAN found ourselves in the east coast, in New York and Jersey City with our east coast FLANs. My four days there flew by in a blur of food and drinks and before we knew it, it was time to go home. The flight home is always bittersweet after a great trip, and this was indeed, a great trip.

I wore my remix item on our last day in NYC. The morning was sunny, with possibility of showers, and anticipating a five hour flight home, I layered a chambray shirt over a long maxi dress. Maxi dresses are easily dressed up or down, and while sitting on a plane, feels amazingly like a soft blanket :)  I added a sock bun and my favorite elephant earrings, a few bangles and a brown beaded necklace (which has probably seen better times) to complete the look.

Hope you check back for the rest of my June Remix :)