Lowney’s – Tomato Fritters

Ingredients

• 3 cups tomatoes (approx. 600g)
• bit of bay leaf
• 4 tablespoons butter (56g)
• 4 cloves
• 3 tablespoons chopped onion
• 2 tablespoons chopped red pepper
• ½ cup cornstarch (approx. 60g)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt

Method

1. Melt butter; add onion and pepper, cook five minutes, add cornstarch, tomatoes, cloves, bay leaf and salt.
2. Cook until thick.
3. Strain.
4. Add beaten egg.
5. Cool in buttered tin.
6. Cut in any shape desired.
7. Dip in crumbs, egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.

Title

Lowney’s Cook Book

Author

Maria Willet Howard