Blt Fritters With Jalapeño Aioli

• BLT Fritters
• 2 cups All purpose flour
• 1/2 cup Crumbled cooked bacon approximately 6 slices
• 1-1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 2 tablespoons Shortening
• 2 Eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/3 cup Milk
• 1/2 cup Oil-packed sun dried tomatoes, drained and finely chopped
• 2-3 Fresh Romaine lettuce leaves, center rib removed
• Cooking oil
• Jalapeno Aioli
• 1-1/2 cups Mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Garlic clove, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon Finely minced fresh jalapeno (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon Jalapeno-flavored pepper sauce (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon Fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon Honey or agave

1. In a medium bowl stir together flour, crumbled bacon, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry blender cut in shortening until flour mixture resembles fine crumbs. Make a well in center of flour mixture.
2. In a small bowl combine eggs and milk. Add to flour mixture all at once. Stir just until dough clings together.
3. On a lightly floured surface gently knead dough about 1 minute or until smooth. Divide dough in 24 portions; shape each portion in a ball. Cover dough; let rest for 20 minutes.
4. Finely chop tomatoes and lettuce; combine thoroughly. On a lightly floured surface roll each ball in a 4-inch circle. Place a 1/2-teaspoon dollop of tomato-lettuce filling off-center of dough circle and fold dough over to form a half-circle; crimp edges with a fork to ensure they are thoroughly sealed.
5. In a heavy 10-inch skillet pour cooking oil to a depth of 3/4 inch; heat to 375 degrees F. (Submerge end of thermometer in hot oil.) Fry fritters, 2 or 3 at a time, in hot oil for 2 to 3 minutes or until golden, turning once. Drain on paper towels. (Keep warm on a baking sheet in a 300 degrees F oven while frying remaining fritters.) Serve with Jalapeno Aioli.
6. In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, olive oil, garlic, minced jalapeno, pepper sauce, lime juice and honey. Transfer to a serving bowl and refrigerate until use.

fritters, flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, eggs, milk, tomatoes, fresh romaine lettuce leaves, cooking oil, mayonnaise, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, fresh jalapeufo, pepper sauce, lime juice, honey

Taken from food52.com/recipes/18983-blt-fritters-with-jalapeno-aioli (may not work)