Berry Fritters with Walnut Compote and Buttermilk Pastry Cream

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, combine flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder, and salt until well blended.
  2. Toss the berries with flour to coat lightly.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream, egg, butter and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, stirring until combined. Gently fold in the berries.
  4. Heat a deep fryer to 350 degrees.
  5. Using a Purple handle # 40 disher, carefully scoop and level off a disher of batter making sure to get a number of both berries into the disher.
  6. Gently place the batter in the hot oil and deep fry turning several times to cook all sides about 4 minutes. Remove from the fryer and let drain on paper towel. Dust with powdered sugar.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/8 cup West Creek® corn meal, yellow
  • 1/8 cup West Creek® Sugar, Granulated
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt, kosher
  • 2 tbsp Nature's Best Dairy® Sour Cream
  • 1 Nature's Best Dairy® Egg(s), large
  • 2 tsp Nature's Best Dairy® Butter, melted
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, pure
  • 1/4 cup Peak Fresh Produce® blueberries, washed and drained
  • 1/4 cup blackberries, washed and drained
  • 1/4 cup flour, for berry dusting
  • 2 tbsp West Creek® Sugar Powdered
  • 1 tbsp lemon zest
  • 6 berries, fresh, for garnish