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Bill Granger’s Corn Fritters with avocado salsa, crispy bacon, and roasted cherry tomatoes – perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or any meal in between.    These corn fritters are what I wish I could have eaten for dinner tonight. However, I am now back in Melbourne, having just finished my second day of university for...

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Bill Granger’s Corn Fritters with avocado salsa, crispy bacon, and roasted cherry tomatoes – perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or any meal in between.  Jump to Recipe 

These corn fritters are what I wish I could have eaten for dinner tonight. However, I am now back in Melbourne, having just finished my second day of university for 2015. Is it a bad sign that I am already feeling a little swamped? Don’t get me wrong, I am loving being back at college: catching up with people I haven’t seen for the past three months and getting my first car (!!) and the extra freedom that comes with it have been particular highlights. But my room is still a bit of a mess from my hasty unpack over the weekend after flying in late Saturday night, we had an 8 hour day of uni on Monday where we were inundated with a huge amount of respiratory anatomy and physiology, I have started an extra Diploma in International Studies (which although seriously interesting, does add to the workload), and am trying to fit in maintaining this blog, keeping fit, and being involved in college life (hello, late night Wednesday and Thursday!) – hopefully easier done than said. I am sure I will adjust pretty quickly to the hectic lifestyle here, but for tonight I will keep this short and leave you with this drool-worthy recipe, courtesy of my favourite Australian chef, Bill Granger.

I first ate these at one of Bill Granger’s Sydney cafes and immediately decided that I needed to track down the recipe for myself. This was on the Brick family menu frequently this summer – quick and easy, healthy, fresh, utilising seasonal ingredients and tasting amazing (it even received the seal of approval from my notoriously picky younger brothers) – it ticks all the boxes. Perfect for breakfast, lunch, brunch, or any meal in between. To keep them light, the corn fritters use just enough batter to hold them together, resulting in the hot juicy corn kernels, flavoured with fresh coriander and parsley, just popping open in your mouth, contrasting perfectly with the lime and chilli avocado salsa, crispy bacon and slow roasted cherry tomatoes. If there is one more meal you make before corn leaves our shelves for another year, this is it.

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Bill Granger's Corn Fritters

A single mixture makes about 6 fritters, depending on size, and will generally serve 3 normal appetites, or 2 big appetites: I made a triple when I was cooking for 7 people (including 3 hungry boys!). Leftovers are perfect for lunch the next day - either cook them at the same time and reheat, or keep the extra batter in the fridge for fresh fritters. I have also served it with smoked salmon rather than bacon, which also works very well.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Author Claudia Brick

Ingredients

Fritters

  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 cups fresh corn kernels , cut from the cob
  • 1/2 cup diced red capsicum
  • 1/2 cup sliced spring onions
  • 1/3 cup coriander and parsley , chopped (I used mainly coriander here)
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

Avocado Salsa

  • 2 avocados , peeled and stones removed
  • 1/3 cup coriander , chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 mild red chilli , deseeded and finely chopping (or more/less to taste)
  • 3 tablespoons finely diced red onion
  • salt and pepper to taste

To serve

  • 4 rashers of bacon
  • 1 x 250g punnet of cherry tomatoes , halved
  • baby spinach , washed and dried
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • crusty ciabatta bread (optional)
  • olive oil

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place cherry tomatoes, cut side up, on a baking paper lined oven tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 15-20 minutes or until tender, bubbling, and starting to brown (see photo above)
  • For the avocado salsa, mash the avocado roughly with a fork and mix in the remaining ingredients. Taste for seasoning.
  • In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and paprika, Stir in the sugar.
  • In a separate small bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk. Add to the flour and whisk until it forms a smooth batter.
  • In another large bowl, stir together the corn, capsicum, spring onion, coriander, and parsley.
  • Add just enough batter to the corn mixture to bind it all together (I usually have about 1/4 cup left over). Adding all the batter can make the fritters a bit heavy. If there is enough left, you can use it the next day to make more for lunch! Or just add more corn/capsicum/spring onion/coriander to use it all up. Or throw it out - up to you.
  • Heat the oil in a large heavy based frying pan (or two, to get it all done at once). Drop a few tablespoons of batter into the pan for each fritter, spreading them out with your spoon and tidying the edges. Cook over a medium heat until browned, then flip and repeat on the other side. It doesn't matter if this takes a few minutes - you are giving the corn kernels a chance to cook. If the heat is too high, you risk burning the outside while leaving the batter in the middle uncooked. Keep the fritters warm while cooking the rest.
  • Near the end of cooking the fritters, add the bacon to another pan and cook over a low-medium heat, turning frequently, until brown and cooked to desired crispiness. Lay bacon on a paper towel to drain while finishing off the fritters.
  • To assemble, lay a fritter on each plate. Divide the bacon and roasted cherry tomatoes over each and add a handful baby spinach and another fritter. Drizzle with a little olive oil. Serve the avocado salsa and crusty bread on the side.





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Salmon, Avocado and Corn Tortillas https://www.thebrickkitchen.com/2015/02/salmon-avocado-and-corn-tortillas/ https://www.thebrickkitchen.com/2015/02/salmon-avocado-and-corn-tortillas/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:08:15 +0000 http://www.thebrickkitchen.com/?p=658 Salmon, Avocado and Corn Tacos

Right now it is hot. Extremely hot. Like, sticky, sweaty, way-too-hot-to-turn-an-oven-on-just-need-water hot. Days like this have been frequent since Christmas – unusual for Auckland, where they ordinarily seem (to me, anyway) to occur only a few times a year. This summer has definitely outdone itself. However, I clearly have not been looking at the forecast...

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Right now it is hot. Extremely hot. Like, sticky, sweaty, way-too-hot-to-turn-an-oven-on-just-need-water hot. Days like this have been frequent since Christmas – unusual for Auckland, where they ordinarily seem (to me, anyway) to occur only a few times a year. This summer has definitely outdone itself. However, I clearly have not been looking at the forecast and taking my own advice: bread dough was made last night, is currently rising in the fridge, and will be made this evening into pizzas. Though I am sure they will be delicious, all I can think about is that I will need to crank up the oven as hot as possible – SO not ideal. Days like today call for these instead – beautiful, cool, no-oven-required, corn, avocado and salmon tortillas.
I got my planning wrong and made these tacos two nights ago, on an evening with wind chill cold enough to force our outdoor dinner inside – perfect pizza weather, in other words. Anyway, you should try these tonight. Or tomorrow. Or any other day, to be perfectly honest. The perfect mix of rich and crispy blackened salmon, creamy avocado and juicy summer corn, all offset by a chilli lime tomato salsa on homemade barbecue tortillas – what is not to love?!
The tomato salsa can be made ahead, as can the corn salad. The tortillas are much easier than they look, and will thoroughly impress with how much better they are than any store bought tortilla ever was, while the salmon is coated with cajun spices and barbecued briefly to crisp the outside while remaining meltingly tender on the inside.
The recipe is inspired from various sources: the tomato salsa adapted from an Anyway, after all these photos and trying desperately to describe its deliciousness (which I think is impossible and I am starting to gush so will stop now), all I can say is MAKE THESE. You will not regret it.

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Salmon, Avocado and Corn Tortillas

Tomato salsa adapted from Annabel Langbein, corn and avocado salad adapted from Al Brown, and the tortillas adapted from those of Ripe Deli.
Course Main
Prep Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings 6 -8 people
Author Claudia Brick

Ingredients

Tomato Salsa

  • 6-8 ripe tomatoes (depending on size and hunger)
  • 4 tablespoons coriander , chopped
  • 1/2 medium red onion , finely diced
  • 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely diced
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • black pepper to season

Corn and Avocado Salad

  • 2 red capsicum
  • 5 cobs corn , husks removed
  • 2-3 avocados , peeled, stones removed and cut into small chunks
  • 3/4 cup coriander , roughly chopped
  • 1/2 red onion , finely diced
  • zest and juice of 2-3 limes
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Tortillas

  • 675 g plain flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 6 tablespoons olive oil
  • 450 ml room temperature water

Salmon

  • 6 x 150-200g pieces of salmon
  • 3 teaspoons cajun seasoning
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil to cook

Instructions

Tomato Salsa

  • Mix all ingredients together in a bowl at least half an hour before serving to allow flavours to combine. Taste for seasoning.

Corn and Avocado Salad

  • Put a large pot of water on to boil for the corn.
  • Preheat oven to 200°C. Roast the capsicum on a tray for about 10min or until the skin starts to blacken and blister. Remove from oven - the skin should wrinkle up. Once cool, peel off the skin and dice the capsicum into 1cm pieces.
  • Boil the corn in the pot for 5 minutes to cook. Leave to cool slightly, then slice the kernels off the cob.
  • In a large bowl, put the capsicum, corn, avocado, coriander, and red onion.
  • In a small cup or ramekin, mix together the lime zest and juice and the olive oil. You can make the recipe ahead up to this step (but hold off chopping the avocado until the end to avoid it browning).
  • Toss the corn mixture with the lime-olive oil dressing just before serving.

Tortillas

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the oil and rub in with your fingers until the mixture looks crumbly. Gradually add the water, mixing it together with your fingers until the dough is soft and all the flour is combined. Sometimes I end up with a little bit of water left over.
  • Knead the dough for a minute to bring it all together. Add a bit more flour if it seems too sticky.
  • Divide the dough into golf ball sized balls (see pictures above).
  • When almost ready to cook, roll out the tortillas on a floured board with a rolling pin, turning and flipping the dough to make it as circular as you can.
  • Place the tortillas on a plate separated with baking paper/greaseproof paper and dusted with flour to prevent them from sticking together.

Assembly

  • Rub the cajun spices into the flesh side of the salmon. On a barbecue plate or a large pan on a low heat, add the olive oil and then cook the salmon flesh side down first for 8-10 minutes or until it is just starting to flake. Flip onto the other side and cook for another 5 minutes, or until the salmon is medium rare. This may take much less time if your barbecue or pan is hotter, so watch it carefully.
  • Cook the tortillas on barbecue hot plates or in a heavy based frying pan (but wipe down the barbecue with paper towels if you are cooking it after the salmon!). We cook the salmon first, then rest it on the bars above the barbecue to keep it warm while we cook the tortillas, but you could also cover the salmon in tin foil on a plate to keep warm while you cook the tortillas if using the same surfaces. You do not need any oil for the tortillas - a dry pan is ideal. Cook over a high heat - the tortilla should start to puff up. When browned underneath, flip over to cook the other side. This shouldn't take much more than 1 minute each. Keep the tortillas on a plate covered with a tea towel to stay warm while you cook the rest.
  • Just before serving, toss the corn salad and flake the salmon with a fork. Serve the tortillas with the salmon, corn and avocado salad, and tomato salsa. Enjoy!

 

 

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