Blue Crab Beignets

Name: Blue Crab Beignets
Ingredients: 1/2 small shallot, finely chopped; 6 ounces fresh blue or other lump crabmeat, picked over; 1/3 cup mascarpone; 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives; Kosher salt; Vegetable oil (for frying; about 4 cups); 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup cornstarch; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more; 1 cup amber lager

Blue Crab Beignets was pinched from <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/blue-crab-beignets-51161220" target="_blank">www.epicurious.com.</a>

"Using the best and freshest crabmeat you can get your hands on makes all the difference in these lightly battered and totally addictive fritters from La Petite Grocery, a new-school NOLA bistro...."

INGREDIENTS

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1/2 small shallot, finely chopped

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6 ounces fresh blue or other lump crabmeat, picked over

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1/3 cup mascarpone

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1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives

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Kosher salt

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Vegetable oil (for frying; about 4 cups)

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1 cup all-purpose flour

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1/3 cup cornstarch

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1 tablespoon baking powder

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1/2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more

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1 cup amber lager

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