Fannie Flaggs Fried Green Tomatoes Recipes

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, salt, pepper, and buttermilk. Use a fork to mix the ingredients into a pancake-like batter. Use more buttermilk to thin the batter, if needed.
• Heat 2 inches of oil in a skillet until hot enough to fry. Dip tomato slices in batter, letting the excess batter drip back into the bowl. Put the dipped slices immediately into the frying pan. The oil should sizzle strongly but not pop when the tomatoes hit the oil-- if the oil pops or splatters, it's too hot. Let it cool down a bit before proceeding.
• Fry the tomato slices in batches of 4 or 5 at a time (don't crowd the pan) for 2-3 minutes per side, turning carefully with tongs when the coating turns golden brown.Transfer to a colander or wire cooling rack to drain. To keep the tomatoes from getting soggy before they're served, Fannie suggest standing them up like wheels in the serving dish instead of stacking them.
• To make the sauce, whisk together the mayonnaise, ketchup, and cayenne in a bowl. Taste and season more, if needed. Serve sauce over the fresh fried green tomatoes.Fried green tomatoes are best eaten fresh out of the frying pan, they will become soggy fast if you don't enjoy them within a few minutes of frying.

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES II

Steps:

• Slice tomatoes about 1/4 inch thick, season with salt and pepper and then coat both sides with cornmeal.
• In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to coat the bottom of the pan, and fry tomatoes until lightly browned on both sides.
• This recipe was from the back of Fannie Flagg's novel, "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe".

FANNIE FLAGG'S FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients and mix until smooth and consistency of pancake batter, Add additional milk to thin, if necessary.
• Working in batches, dip tomato slices into batter, allowing excess to drip back.
• Fry in 2" hot oil in large heavy skillet until browned. Turn over carefully with tongs.
• Transfer to colander to drain.