Name: Fried Fish Fillets
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sweet paprika; lemon wedges, to serve; 2 eggs; 125 ml(4 fl oz/½ cup) cold sparkling water; grated rind of 1 small lemon; 125 g(4¼ oz/1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour; 500 g(1 lb2 oz) cod or other firm white fish fillets, cut into strips; light olive oil, for frying; 1 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples for Jam

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2010

About

You can serve these on their own or with some vegetables that have also been cut into thick sticks, dipped in the batter and fried. Zucchini (courgettes), green beans, artichokes and cauliflower are all lovely like this. I like to serve a bowl of thin chips alongside as well.

Ingredients

2 eggs
grated rind of 1 small lemon
125 g(4¼

Method

Whisk the eggs and lemon rind in a bowl. Sift in the flour, baking powder and paprika and add some salt and pepper. Whisk in the water and continue whisking until the batter is smooth — it will be a fairly thick batter.

Pour about 3–4 cm(1½