Sprouted Hush Puppies
Ingredients
  • 1quart Beef tallow or lard, naturally rendered
  • 1 1/2cups sprouted yellow corn flour or cornmeal
  • 3/4cup sprouted flour (your choice)
  • 1/2teaspoon Celtic salt
  • 2teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder
  • 3/4cup diced sweet onion
  • 1 1/2tablespoons maple sugar (or sweetener of choice)
  • 1 large organic or pastured egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 1/4cups whole organic buttermilk
Instructions
  1. Heat beef tallow to 375 degrees.
  2. Combine sprouted corn flour and next 5 ingredients.
  3. Add egg and buttermilk; stir just until moistened.
  4. If too dry add buttermilk one tablespoon at a time until all ingredients are moistened. Let stand 10 minutes.
  5. Drop batter by rounded tablespoons into hot tallow (in small batches) and fry for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden.
Recipe Notes

Tasty Variations:

A. Increase onion to 1 ½ cups and add about 8 oz. crisp crumbled bacon to batter.

B. Add ½ cup chopped green pepper to batter.

C. Add ½ cup well drained chopped pineapple and a chopped jalapeno to batter.

D. Add1 cup organic fresh corn kernels and 1 cup chopped green olives to batter.

E. The possibilities are endless and delicious!