Fried Whitebait

Name: Fried Whitebait
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) whitebait; 2 teaspoons sea salt; 2 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour; 1½ tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch); 1½ tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch); 2 teaspoons finely chopped parsley; oil, for deep-frying; lemon wedges, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) whitebait
2

Starter
Side dish
Pescatarian

Method

Combine the whitebait and sea salt in a bowl and mix well. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
Combine the sifted flours and parsley in a bowl and season well with black pepper. Fill a large heavy-based saucepan one-third full of oil and heat to 180°C (350°F), or until a cube of bread dropped into the oil browns in 15 seconds. Toss a third of t