Corned beef fritters

Tonight I cooked good old fashioned corned beef fritters for dinner. Not really a healthy, well balanced meal for today's modern family, but sometimes nostalgia must come to the table. After a quick call to my mum for a secret ingredient, they did, actually taste just like my Nan's.

Here is how I made them.

Corned beef fritters

• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• a generous pinch of salt
• 1 egg (lightly beaten)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 small onion (finely diced & gently cooked until soft)
• 1 cup cooked corned beef (diced)

• oil for shallow frying

Sift the flour into a bowl and add the salt. Add the egg, milk and worchestershire sauce to the flour and beat well. Leave to stand for one hour, if possible. (this when I cook the onion) Stir in the cooled onion and corned beef. Heat oil until smoking. Spoon the mixture into the pan and fry until a rich brown colour on both sides. Drain on paper towel. Serve immediately with tomato ketchup.

 Please note:

1) Don't try to use less oil, it just doesn't work, these fritters must be shallow fried.
2) These fritters are one of the few things that I simply must have heinz tomato ketchup with. You should too.