Mussel Fritters Recipe #356997
I found this recipe on the Geocities Website. Whipped it up for lunch today and these fritters are devine. Light and tasty and they go down a treat. The recipe notes that Basil is the secret ingredient in this recipe.
by Kiwi Kathy
15 min | 10 min prep
SERVES 6 , 6 fritters
- 14 mussels
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoons basil, fresh, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- black pepper, freshly ground
- butter, for frying (clarified is best)
- Lightly steam mussels until they just open.
- Remove beards, take from shell and chop roughly. (Not too fine).
- In a bowl, beat the eggs, Sift in the flour and baking powder and beat with a fork to combine.
- Stir in the mussels, salt, pepper, basil and parsley.
- Melt butter over a medium heat. Drop mixture into butter and fry pancake style until golden brown, then flip and cook until golden on other side.
- Enjoy!
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