Hush Puppies Recipe Bon Appetit

Gradually incorporate into dry ingredients mixing from the center out until a smooth batter forms.
Hush puppies recipe bon appetit. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium high heat. Mixed these all together and your batter is thick rich and creamy. 1 1 2 cups cornmeal to 1 2 cup flour. Make a well in the center of flour mixture and add egg and buttermilk to well.
If made from just cornmeal hush puppies will fall apart in the oil. After much experimentation i landed on a 3 1 ratio. Place fish skin side down in skillet. Hush puppies are made up of corn meal batter that has garlic powder onion powder and a hint of paprika for some added spice.
Heat 1 1 2 inches oil in a 4 quart wide heavy pot over medium heat until it registers 375 f. This recipe is from buxton hall one of bon appétit s hot 10 america s best new restaurants. The cornmeal batter has flour cornmeal a little sugar and buttermilk as a sweetener and aiding in smoothing the batter. It boasts the perfect cornmeal to flour ratio giving it the toothsome tender texture you expect from a great hush puppy.
The pieces of butter in the batter melt as the hushpuppies fry making them extra moist and luscious. Preheat oven to 200 f.