party size Clam Fritters
From midgelet 14 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 50
Again at a friends lobster fest, she hired another friend who owns a roadside stand where he frys clams and onion rings. He brought with him, the fryolater, oil, 5 lbs of shucked clams, a large tupper ware bowl of s "secret "batter. Read more From what I understood it was a standard fry or pancake batter his family used.. The recipe below is for a standard batter similar to his but not his! He did not pre bread or dip the clams in any flour or cornmeal which many people do to hold the coating on the clams. Of course everyone stood around watching him fry the clams as well as onion rings Beleive it or not, with all the other food around, only about 1/2 of the clams were used. But it was intetersting to see how he fried his. He just just dipped clams in the batter, see below for details Of course one can do the same with a tabletop fryolator and less clams See less
Ingredients
- One professional fryolater ( eletrical or propane ) shopping list
- oil to fry shopping list
- 5 lbs container of shucked clams, ready to use ( Ithink they might of come frozen in the container ) shopping list
- Standard Batter to fry: Increase recipe as needed, Mix all together: shopping list
- 2 cups flour shopping list
- 2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 cup milk or beer shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
How to make it
- Heat up the oil in the fryolater ( 375-400F )
- It may take about 30 minutes to get to the right temp- all depends how large the fryolater, and how much oil used
- Have your batter ready in the bowl and a paper towel or wax paper lined platter to receive the fried clams
- With a slotted spoon, take some clams from the container and drop into the batter, swish them around and make sure they are coated well
- With tongs, retrieve clams , and place a few at a time into the hot oil and do not crowd.
- He did not shake off any excess batter as the batter was not overly thick, more like a pancake batter than a waffle batter in texture
- Fry and turn on both sides to fry puffed and golden, remove with tongs and place on platter
- This only takes a few minutes!!
- These had a puffy, light and golden coating and were not overly crunchy
- People loved them this way
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interesting post. I am learning alot on this group!
chichimonkeyface
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wonderful post fantastic thanks high5
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I got lucky at a flea market and found a double fryer, with four baskets and and a 40 pound propane tank for $75. Will have to try a heavy battered clam as I use this style batter for onions and leek boats.
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