Fried Green Tomato Bonanza

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Here’s some Fried Green Tomato Pillows from Mollie Katzen’s Vegetable Heaven M. made today from our own green toms.  Yummy and hearty!  She used water instead of the milk the recipe calls for, and put three small eggs instead of two large ones.  I dipped mine into our homemade, local (red!) tomato ketchup.  Mollie Katzen suggests topping with sour cream or yogurt.

Fried Green Tomato Pillows

1 cup flour
1 cup cornmeal
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne
1 cup milk (we used water)
2 large eggs
a little oil or butter for the pan

Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and cayenne in a bowl and mix.  Make a well in the center.

In a separate bowl, beat milk and eggs until frothy; pour into the well in the center of the flour mixture.  Stir until thoroughly combined, but don’t overmix.

Core the tomatoes and cut them into 1/2-inch rounds.  Begin heating oil or butter in a skillet over medium heat.

Add the tom slices to the batter one by one, pushing them around gently with a spoon until well coated.  Add gently to hot skillet.  (You may want to add batter to the top of each tom to avoid bald spots.)  Fry on both sides untl crispy and golden, and serve hot.