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Sweetcorn Fritters With Crispy Bacon And Guacamole

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Sweetcorn Fritters With Crispy Bacon And Guacamole

Golden sweetcorn fritters, served in a stack with crispy bacon and dollops of guacamole, make a great family supper dish.

  • Children's
  • Organic
  • Diabetic
Preparation time:
15 minutes
Cooking time:
25 minutes to 30 minutes
Total time:
40 minutes to 45 minutes 45 minutes
Makes:
 12 fritters
Serves:
 4

Ingredients

  • 100g Waitrose Organic Self-raising Flour
  • 150ml organic semi-skimmed milk
  • 2 organic eggs, separated
  • Pinch Waitrose Organic Chilli Flakes (optional)
  • ½ x 20g pack fresh organic curly parsley, finely chopped
  • ½ x 500g bag frozen Waitrose Organic Sweetcorn, thawed
  • 4 rashers Waitrose Organic Free Range Smoked English Dry Cure Back Bacon
  • 4 tsp organic sunflower oil, for frying
  • For the guacamole
  • 1 ripe organic avocado, halved, stoned, peeled and chopped
  • Juice of ½ organic lemon
  • 1 tbsp Waitrose Organic Mayonnaise

Method

  1. Sift the flour with a pinch of salt into a large mixing bowl. Pour the milk into a jug then add the egg yolks, chilli flakes if using, and parsley. Mix well. Gradually add the egg mixture to the flour, whisking until smooth. In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks, then fold into the batter along with the sweetcorn. Leave the batter to stand while you make the guacamole.
  2. Using a fork, mash the avocado with the lemon juice, mayonnaise and seasoning until smooth and creamy. Set aside while you grill the bacon on a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until crisp.
  3. Meanwhile, heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a frying pan. Ladle spoonfuls of the batter into the pan to make individual fritters about 10cm in diameter. Cook in batches of 3.
  4. Fry the fritters for 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden brown, then keep warm while you cook the remaining batches. Cut the bacon rashers in half and sandwich between 3 fritters, to make a stack, then repeat. Serve topped with a generous dollop of guacamole.

Cook's tips

Any leftover fritters can be cooled, then frozen for enjoying another day. To save time, buy Waitrose Fresh Guacamole Dip instead of making your own.

Additional information

Our children’s recipe cards provide 50 per cent or less of the Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) of calories, fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar for children aged 5-10 years.

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Fitzpuppy

Fitzpuppy 09 October 2010 07:30

I have been making these all summer, and a variation could be to use fresh corn instead, just use a knife to scrape the kernals off, and you caould also add half a grayed coourgette and serve with Waitroses tomato sasla too, all our four children love these!

Website Editor

Website Editor 04 January 2008 16:46

Hi whitevanwoman, Thank you for spotting that, it will work better when the sweetcorn has been thawed. We have now corrected the recipe above. I'm glad the frozen corn didn't spoil the recipe for you. Marie Website Editor, Waitrose.com

whitevanwoman

whitevanwoman 25 December 2007 19:20

These are far too tasty for kids. Unfortunately the recipe didn't mention defrosting the corn so it stuck together a lot, but we got round that. Also only managed to make 8 fritters, but that could have been down to the corn freezing the batter together. Wonderful, will make these over & over again. The addition of Guacamole is a perfect juxtaposition of flavours. A truly excellent recipe.

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 439kcal
Sugars 3.8g
Fat 27.9g
Saturated Fat 5.8g
Salt 1.7g

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in September 2007