Catfish Fritters!



1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs medium
3 tablespoons Unsalted Butter melted cooled
1 cup Milk whole
1 to 2 lb Catfish (any whitefish will work)
1 Chili Pepper hot seeded
2 Scallions chopped fine
1 Garlic cloves crushed
1 tablespoon Parsley chopped
1/2 teaspoon Thyme Leaves
1/4 Allspice berry ground



1 teaspoon rosemary (grind)
Pepper to taste
Olive Oil

1. Sift flour and salt into bowl.
2. Beat eggs with butter and add to flour mixture.
3. Add milk gradually, stirring only to mix. Add more milk if batter is too stiff.
4. Cover, allow to stand 3 hours. Meanwhile, soak fish in cold water.
5. Drain, remove bones and skin. Pound fish in mortar with hot pepper.
6. Add scallions, garlic, parsley, thyme, allspice, and black pepper to taste.
7. Stir into batter and stand 30 minutes. Heat oil in deep fryer (375F) and fry mixture by squeezing out of a pastry bag with a 1/2" opening.