Recipe

Fried Polenta Cheese Fritters Recipe

	Midgelet / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago Make polenta with cheese, chill, cut and fry, very yum! Prep:20m Cook:10m Servings:12	Midgelet
	edam cheese polenta fried appetizers

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup water

1/2 cup coarsely grated Edam cheese

1 1/2 cups canola oil

chopped fresh parsley

Directions

Lighlty oil 8x8x2 baking pan.

Whisk cornmeal, flour, sguar and salt in bowl.

Bring buttermilk and 1 cup water to boil in large saucepan

over medium-high heat.

Gradually whisk in dry ingredients.

Reduce heat to medium-low.

Simmer until very thick, whisking constantly,

about 2 minutes.

Remove from heat.

Mix in cheese.

Transfer batter to prepared pan.

Press to even layer.

Chill until cold.

Cut fritter batter into 3 strips.

Cut each strip crosswise into 8 rectangles.

Turn rectangles out of pan onto work surface.

Heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat.

Working in batches, add fritters to skillet and saute until golden brown, about 5 minutes perside.

Transfer fritters to paper towels to drain.

Arrange fritters on platter.

Sprinkle with parsley and serve hot.

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Comments

momo_55grandma 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Sounds delicous thanks

luisascatering 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I have this recipe in the restaurant issue of Bon Appetit this year but it lists milk instead of buttermilk. Is there a reason you changed that? Just curious because if it's better that way, I'd like to make them :-)

midgelet 1 year, 2 months ago said:

I didn't change a thing!

I got this recipe at a gourmet cheese shop printed on their recipe cards, not from Gourmet at all.!!

It's well known that Buttermilk and cornmeal compliment each other very well in any recipe.

You'll have to try this and decide which you personally like better.

Buttermilk in my opinion just adds that special tang