Sweetcorn and Oyster Fritters with Sour Cream and Chives

Name: Sweetcorn and Oyster Fritters with Sour Cream and Chives
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 1 large egg plus 1 egg white; 150 ml (5 fl oz) sour cream; ½ teaspoon salt; 60 g (2 oz) polenta; butter or oil for frying; 12 oysters, out of the shell (drain off juice); 2 spring onions, sliced; 150 g (5 oz) corn kernels, fresh or tinned; 1 tablespoon finely sliced chives

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A World in My Kitchen

By Peter Gordon

Published 2003

About

I serve these as a nibble with a glass of champagne or a bellini (proseco and peach-juice cocktail) when guests arrive. Serve two per person. If you’re not an oyster fan, just omit them.

Ingredients

1 large egg plus 1 egg white
60 g (2 oz

Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Mix egg and white with polenta, salt and half the sour cream. Stir in corn. Stand 10 minutes. Mix in spring onions and oysters.

Heat a little oil or butter in a frying pan and dollop in small spoonfuls of mixture, allowing one oyster per fritter. Cook until fritters begin to firm slightly the