Caribbean Cooking - Conch Fritters

If you have ever travelled to the Caribbean, you are sure to be a fan of Caribbean cooking.  Caribbean cooking embodies its own unique flavors with each Island, from Jamaica to Cuba to the Dominican Republica, as well as all the others.  Traditional to Caribbean cooking is some sort of rice and beans dish as the main staple, the beans typically a gungo bean or kidney bean, and added to the rice flavor is coconut. 

Of course, being in the Caribbean, fish and seafood is typical Island fare.  Here is a recipe straight from the Caribbean Islands that you may enjoy:



Conch



Conch Fritters

1 lb. conch meat (you can buy it canned)

1 onion

2 stalks celery

½ each red & green pepper

¼ cup buttermilk

¼ tsp. hot sauce

Salt & pepper

1 egg

1/3 cup self-rising cornmeal

1/3 cup flour

1 tsp. baking powder

Oil for frying

Process conch in food processor.  Add onion, celery and green pepper and process again.  Add salt, pepper and egg and mix together well.  Mix flour and cornmeal together and add to conch (mixture will be thick).  Add buttermilk and hot sauce. 

Heat oil in a large skillet (oil should be about ½” deep).  Drop a large tablespoon of conch mixture into hot oil and fry until golden on both sides.  Remove from heat and place on paper towel to remove excess oil. 

Serve with sauce of your choice.

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