Mussel Fritters
- 1 cup mussels shelled
- 2 eggs Optional 2
- 2 cups plain flour
- 3 cups cold milk
- 2 cups diced onions small
- cooking oil
- dipping sauce ingredients
- 1 cup sweet white wine ., I use Muscato and find it perfect for the sauce
- 1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce
- fish sauce to taste
- fresh coriander diced
- Wash mussels under cold water so as to discard any grit. Then very carefully cut the mussel in half so as to have 2 halves of the shell and. discard the beard. I use a butcher knife and open the mussel from the beak end, but I guess it doesn't really matter so long as its raw. Its totally up to you.If you wish to discard the bag from the flesh, as I do sometimes, its up to you also. You just need more mussels if you do. Using the shell scoop out each half of flesh from each mussel.
- Dice the mussel flesh up into small bits and put into a sieve to drain off excess liquid
- In a medium to large bowl, pour in the flour
- Next add the milk to make a batter type mix not forgetting the egg or eggs if you wish. Should be a not too thin mixture
- Mix in the onions. ( the mixture should look like you are making onion fritters )
- Lastly add the raw mussels and mix thoroughly. You'll get the hang of it once you've done them a few times
- In an electric frying pan, pour in cooking oil so as to cover entire bottom of pan to a depth of about 1 ml. You will adjust the heat accordingly but not too low as its better to start high and turn down so the oils not spitting everywhere.
- Holding the bowl under your left arm, with a tablespoon, spoon out spoonfuls very carefully into the pan, and just give each one a pat down so as to spread it evenly
- The cooking time will vary but when each side is golden brown, its almost time for the cook to taste the first one. Don't allow them to cook too fast
- Lightly salt each batch as they come out of the pan. I think its absolutely important to do this also
- Mix all the sauce ingredients together and drizzle over your fritter. Yummly Yummly
- I put slices of bread onto a large plate to drain off any excess oil. I love this and so do a lot of my friends. Hope you do
mussels, eggs, flour, cold milk, onions, cooking oil, dipping sauce ingredients, sweet white wine, sweet chilli sauce, fish sauce, fresh coriander
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Mussel-Fritters-1238859 (may not work)