Isabella Beeton

Fried Sprats

Preparation info

  • 5

    helpings

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      20 min

Appears in

top 1000Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

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Ingredients

  • 3 doz. sprats (approx.)
  • 2 tablesp. flour
  • salt and pepper

Method

Wash and dry the sprats thoroughly, mix the flour with the salt and pepper to season. Dip the sprats in the seasoned flour and fry them in the hot fat. Serve as quickly as possible on a hot dish with a wedge of lemon per helping.