Fried Green Tomatoes with Remoulade Sauce

I have been wanting to cook these for years, but green tomatoes are so hard to find in London. Probably England! But determination won, I kept looking and presto! in a Polish shop in Leytonstone, I finally found the elusive green tomatoes. I picked a few knowing what I had to do that Saturday for lunch.

This is a dish from Southern United States and I hope I did the dish proud. I am sure my American family will read this and tut at some of the incorrect ingredients... but this was truly delicious!

Ingredients:      (Serves 2-3)

2 large green tomatoes
2 eggs, whisked
1 tsp. tabasco sauce
3/4 cup cornmeal
1/4 cup all purpose flour
vegetable oil
salt

Cut the tomatoes into thick slices. Mix the cornmeal and flour into a bowl. Whisk the two eggs in another bowl and add the hot sauce. Stir.

Dip the slices of tomato first into the egg mix and then into the cornmeal mix. Repeat with the slice to get a double coating and lay gently on a plate. Continue until all the slices are coated.

Put about 1/2 inch of vegetable oil into a wide frying pan and heat until a crumb sizzles immediately. Add the tomato slices into the pan and fry on each side for a couple of minutes until crisp and golden. Place on kitchen paper and sprinkle with salt. Serve hot with a fork and the remoulade sauce. The tomatoes retain heat well so be careful. So very tasty!

For the remoulade sauce:

1 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp. wholegrain mustard
1 tbsp. paprika
2 tsp. Cajun seasoning
2 finely chopped spring onions
1 finely chopped cornichon
1 tsp tabasco
1 small clove garlic, grated

Method:

Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl! Serve. Eat !