Corn and Bacon Fritter

These are really simple but really yummy. My mum used to make them for me when I was little and I loved them, I used to ask her for them every night! She used to call them Bubble and Squeak...

Ingredients
2 rashers rindless shortcut bacon, chopped
200g desiree potatoes, peeled, grated
2 x 125g cans corn kernels, drained, rinsed
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

Basic batter
2/3 cup self-raising flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk

Method
1. Heat a frying pan over high heat. Add bacon. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until crisp. Transfer to a plate.

2. Make Basic batter: Sift flour into a bowl. Make a well in the centre. Whisk milk and eggs together in a jug. Add egg mixture to flour. Whisk until smooth.

3. Using hands, squeeze excess moisture from potato. Stir bacon, potato, corn and chives into batter.

4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in pan over medium heat. Using 1 heaped tablespoon mixture per fritter, cook 4 fritters for 3 minutes each side or until golden and cooked through. Repeat to make 16 fritters.

Notes
When cooking in batches, transfer to a plate lined with paper towel while cooking remaining fritters.

Use olive oil to cook fritters. Add more oil to pan between batches if necessary.

Serve them topped with Avocado and sour cream, or a tomato relish.