Southwest Corn Fritters with Chipotle Honey Makes it Easy to Love Corn
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- -4 ears of corn
- -2 ounces cheddar cheese, cut into cubes the size of corn kernels
- -2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- -1 cup all purpose flour
- -1 teaspoon baking powder
- -1/2 teaspoon salt
- -1 large egg
- -1/2 cup milk
- -1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- -3 cups oil for frying
- -1/2 cup honey
- -2 chipotle chiles
- -1 teaspoon adobo sauce
Instructions
- Heat the oil to 365 degrees.
- Using a box grater, grate the corn off the cobs into a large bowl.
- Add the egg, milk, butter and cilantro to the corn; in another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Stir the corn-milk mixture into the dry ingredients; fold in the cheddar cheese.
- Drop large tablespoons of the fritter batter into the hot oil, and fry until golden.
- To make the chipotle honey, dice together the chiles and adobo sauce.
- Heat the honey to a boil and add the chile mixture; allow to cool for five minutes.
- Serve fritters drizzled with honey mixture.