SPAM® Fritters

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SPAM® Fritters

Yield Serves 2

Author Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall

The author is correct in saying, "the best way to eat Spam is as fritters with plenty of sauce [tomato ketchup or brown sauce] sloshed over them." These fritters are delicious!

Ingredients

• 7-ounce (200g) tin Spam, cut into 1/2-inch slices
• Oil for frying (3-4 tablespoons)
• 1/2 cup (60g) self-raising flour
• Pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• Either 1 tablespoon milk and 1 tablespoon water, or 2 tablespoons beer

Instructions

1. Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl and make a well in the center.
2. Break the egg into the well and beat, adding the milk and water (or beer) a little at a time until it is a coating consistency. You may not need all the liquid.
3. Put the batter in the fridge for 20 minutes.
4. Dip the Spam slices in the bater until coated all over.
5. Heat some oil in a frying pan. When it is smoking hot, reduce the heat a little and lower the fritters into the oil. Fry until golden brown, turning once.
6. Serve with plenty of tomato ketchup or brown sauce.

Notes

Variations: The basic fritter batter can be used in so many ways, both savory and sweet: corned beef, sweetcorn, parsnip, seafood, courgette (eggplant), apple, apricot, banana, peach, pineapple, raspberry or strawberry.

Fearnley-Whittingstall, Jane. The Ministry of Food: Thrifty Wartime Ways to Feed Your Family Today. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2010.