Hush Puppies with Remoulade

TOTAL TIME: 30 MIN Plus 1 hr chilling
SERVINGS: Makes 3 dozen hush puppies

•VEGETARIAN

F&W's Emily Kaiser created these crispy hush puppies—cornmeal dumplings—by adapting a recipe from chef Susan McCreight Lindeborg. (Lindeborg ran the kitchen at Washington, DC's Morrison-Clark Inn when Emily worked there as a line cook.) Emily serves them with a version of the creamy French sauce remoulade, which she spikes with Tabasco and a little ketchup.

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Hush Puppies

1 cup coarse yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup milk
2 scallions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus more for frying

Remoulade

3/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
1 tablespoon ketchup
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 medium shallot, minced
1 scallion, finely chopped
Tabasco sauce
Salt and freshly ground pepper

In a large bowl, whisk the cornmeal with the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, oregano, cayenne pepper and black pepper. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk, scallions and the 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Stir the wet ingredients into the cornmeal mixture until just blended. Cover and refrigerate the batter for 1 hour.
In a medium bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with the mustard, ketchup, cider vinegar, shallot and scallion. Season the remoulade with Tabasco, salt and pepper.
In a medium saucepan, heat 2 inches of oil to 325°. Set a large rack over a baking sheet. Drop 6 rounded tablespoons of batter at a time into the hot oil and fry, turning once, until the hush puppies are browned and crisp, about 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the hush puppies to the rack to drain. Serve the hush puppies hot with the remoulade.

Make Ahead The hush puppy batter can be refrigerated for up to 1 day. The remoulade can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.

Suggested Pairing

A rich snack like this would be perfect with a fizzy wine, such as a Prosecco or Champagne.

Hush Puppies with Remoulade

Hush Puppies

Remoulade

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