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Frituras De Carita (Black Eyed Pea Fritters)

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Category: Appetizers

 Ingredients List

  • 1/2 lb Dried black-eyed peas,
  • -rinsed in cold water,
  • -picked over,
  • And soaked overnight in
  • -cold water to cover,
  • -changing the water
  • Several times
  • 4 Cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 ts Salt
  • 1 ts Freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 To 6 tablespoons water
  • Peanut or vegetable oil for
  • -frying
  • Fresh line juice to taste
  • 1 When the peas have
  • -softened, remove their
  • -skins (just rub them
  • Off), soak an additional 30
  • -minutes, drain, and rinse.
  • 2 In a food processor fitted
  • -with a steel blade,
  • -process the peas, garlic,
  • Salt, and pepper. With the
  • -motor running, add the
  • -water through the
  • Feed tube and continue
  • -processing until the puree
  • -is smooth and
  • Thick.
  • 5 Preheat the oven to 250
  • -degrees. In a large,
  • -heavy-bottomed skillet
  • Or deep fryer over
  • -medium-high heat, heat 2
  • -to 3 inches of oil to 375
  • Degrees, or until a drop of
  • -batter sizzles when it
  • -touches the oil, and
  • Fry 1 tablespoon of batter
  • -until golden brown. Taste
  • -for seasoning and
  • Adjust if necessary in the
  • -remaining batter, then
  • -drop the mixture by
  • tb Into the hot oil, and fry
  • -the fritters until golden
  • -brown
  • On all sides, turning with
  • -a slotted spoon. Do not
  • -fry too many at
  • Once, or the oil
  • -temperature will fall and
  • -they will be soggy rather
  • Than crisp. Place the
  • -fritters on a
  • -paper-towel-lined platter
  • -in the oven
  • Until all have been cooked,
  • -and serve hot, sprinkled
  • -with salt and lime
  • Juice.
  • Makes 20 to 24 fritters
  • Mary Urrutia
  • Randelman "Memories of a
  • -Cuban Kitchen" (Macmillan,
  • -1992)
  • FRITURAS DE CARITA
  • -Black-Eyed Pea Fritters

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