I live alone – most of the time. I have guests stay at lovely Beachmere from time to time, but mostly it is just me. I am happy with that. However it does impact on what food I cook. I tend to cook easy things when I am on my own.
In my freezer I have a huge mud crab and a rather large piece of beef – the latter in preparation for a special lunch with family which was cancelled a few weeks ago. Both are two big for just one person, so I wait.
On Saturday I suddenly remembered that I could get some corn beef. I had this urge to have fritters – usually made in my home with “left over” roast meat, but since I haven’t roasted anything for a long time, I haven’t had any. But corn beef would be easy.
At the Beachmere Butchery I found a nice piece of corn beef and brought it home – filled my pot with water, added an onion, some peppercorns, cloves, a couple of bay leaves and the beef and simmered it for 1 1/2 hours.
I tasted it when it was cooked. Yum. So in a bowl I put a cup and a 1/2 of self raising flour, and egg and milk and mixed until all the lumps had gone and added some sliced corn beef.
So into a pan with some oil spray – just a little. Soon I was sitting down to the meal I had been craving. Corn beef fritters. Yum.
The corned beef in the batter.
Fritters ready to eat.
And there’s plenty for a couple of meals and I will put a few slices in the freezer. Good value.
