Shaun Hill

Beer batter

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
How to Cook Better
How to Cook Better

By Shaun Hill

Published 2004

  • About

Beer gives a definite character to batter. This beer batter will taste yeasty but, in fact, relies on the last-minute inclusion of whisked egg white for its lightness and crisp finish.

Ingredients

  • 150 ml beer
  • 125 g plain flour
  • salt

Method

  1. Mix all the ingredients together except the egg whites. Leave for 1 hour.
  2. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, folding them into the batter (1 and 2, opposite). Folding in requires a combined rotating and cutting motion; it is not essential for every scrap of egg white to be completely incorporated.