June France’s Conch Fritters
This is one of those snack foods that I can eat at any time of the day, hot or room temperature, and I do. I first tasted these when a friend of mine from Nevis, June France of Newcastle, made them for my family back in the early nineties. I have been a great fan of June’s cooking ever since! Many of the food recipes you will see on these pages are her’s or reasonable facsimilies thereof.
Ingredients:
1 lb conch meat (You can get away with this recipe by using diced clams.)
1/2 lg onion
2 stalks celery
1/2 red pepper
1/2 green pepper
Salt to taste
1 egg
1/3 cup self rising cornmeal
1/3 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 tsp Nevis hot sauce
Put conch through food grinder or food processor. Process with onion, celery, red and green pepper and mix with conch, adding salt and egg. Mix well. Mix together cornmeal, flour and baking powder. Add conch mixture. Mixture should be thick. Add buttermilk and hot sauce. Drop by heaping tablespoon into deep oil until light brown. Drain. Serve with mayonnaise and lime juice.
There are a few uniquely Nevisian recipes which never seem to be repeated anywhere. And this are one of those most savoured memories. I’ve not been to Nevis for 5 years, but will be due back early 07 And hope to find somewhere that still does these now that Cla Cha Dels is closed
I too will be back in 2007, and I have heard rumours that Pas and his Mother will be reopening Cla-Cha-Del somewhere else. I hope this is true.
All the best, Mike
Hi,
I wonder if you have any update on whether Pas is reopening Cla Cha Del?
Cheers
Kev
Still no news on the re-opening of Cla-Cha-Del. However you can be sure that when it is re-open I will be sure to post it on my blog with much fanfare!