Crab Hush Puppies

Ingredients

• Hush Puppies

  • 3 cups buttermilk cornmeal mix (preferably White Lily)

  • 1 cup self-rising flour (preferably White Lily)

  • 1 tsp. baking soda

  • 2 tsp. kosher salt

  • 4 tsp. fresh-ground black pepper

  • 1 cup chopped green onions

  • 2 1/2 cups full-fat buttermilk (batter should be thick but not stiff)

  • 1 lb. lump crab-meat, picked over

  • 1 egg, lightly beaten

• Tarter Sauce

  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise (preferably Hellmann's)

  • 1 1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard

  • Juice of 1/2 small lemon

  • 1 medium shallot, minced

  • 1 tsp. Tabasco

  • 1 tbsp. capers, rinsed and roughly chopped

  • 1 tbsp. sweet relish Kosher salt and fresh-ground pepper, to taste