Food & Drink
Serves about 20 people
A Southern-style appetizer
photo: Marni Rothschild
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
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
For the hush puppies:
Mix all ingredients together and drop by the heaping teaspoon into a deep fryer at 350 to 375 degrees until golden and crispy. Serve with tartar sauce.
For the tartar sauce:
Mix all ingredients together. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Recipe from Callie White.
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