Corn And Crab Fritters With Garlic Aioli

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 46
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 ears sweet corn, shucked and kernels removed or 1 1/2 cups frozen corn, thawed
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 lb fresh lump crabmeat, picked over
• vegetable oil, for pan frying
• 1 small yukon gold potato, peeled and quartered
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• chopped fresh chives

Recipe

• 1 to make aioli:.
• 2 in a stockpot, place potato and enough cold water to corver; bring to a boil. add 1 teaspoon salt and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. drain.
• 3 in a food processor, blend potato, garlic, mustard, egg yolk, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. with machine running, gradually add oil in a slow stream until thick and blended. add lemon juice and chives; transfer to serving bowl. (yield: 1-1/4 cups).
• 4 to make fritters:.
• 5 preheat oven to 250ºf. line 2 baking sheets with a double layer of paper towels.
• 6 in a medium skillet over medium heat, melt butter, and add onion and corn; cook, stirring occasionally, until onion softens, 8-10 minutes. remove from heat; cool.
• 7 in a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, pepper and red pepper.
• 8 in a medium bowl, whisk together milk and eggs. gradually whisk milk mixture into flour mixture just until smooth.
• 9 stir in corn mixture and crabmeat. cover and refrigerate 10 minutes.
• 10 meanwhile, add enough oil to a large, heavy skillet so it reaches 1/4" deep; heat over medium-high heat.
• 11 carefully drop 6-8 mounds of batter by level tablespoon into hot oil. cook until golden brown, about 1 minutes per side.
• 12 transfer fritters to paper towels; keep wamr in oven. repeat with remaining batter.
• 13 serve with garlic aioli and enjoy!