Basil & Roasted Garlic Corn Fritters with Spiced Watermelon Pickles

Basil & Roasted Garlic Corn Fritters with Spiced Watermelon Pickles

I saw this fancy jar of watermelon pickles (sounded so exotic and Southern, that I had to try it!), and thought what could this possibly go well with. Well, since it might be a Southern thing, then in come the corn fritters. Fancified. The verdict is that they do indeed go together, because the pickles are sweet and sour, and fritters generally like that kind of thing to be dipped in, or doused with.

The fritters themselves were not based on a recipe. They include the following ingredients (in eyeballed quantities/amounts):

2 cups corn kernels (frozen, thawed and then drained; or nuked :/)

Chopped green onions

Chopped roasted garlic

1 cup of panko breadcrumbs

1/2 cup of grated parmesan

3/4 cup self-rising flour

4 eggs

3/4 cup of heavy cream (or just whole milk)

Chopped fresh basil

Salt

Pepper

All of this is mixed, and then spoonfulls are scooped in a frying pan with hot oil. Fried until brown on both sides. Sorry that this is not more precise…