Name: Beignets de champignons (Mushroom Fritters with Beer Batter)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 10 fl oz (300 ml) milk, warmed; 3 eggs, beaten; 10 oz (300 g) mushrooms; Lemon juice; Butter; Salt and pepper; 8 oz (250 g) flour; 2 oz (50 g) butter, melted; 10 fl oz (300 ml) lager or light beer; Oil for deep-frying

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on France

By Keith Floyd

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

10 oz (300 g) mushrooms
Lemon juice
Butter
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Europe
France
Starter
Side dish
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

First make the batter by mixing the butter, flour, eggs, a pinch of salt and pepper. Then whisk in, little by little, the lager or beer and finally stir in the warm milk, until you have a smooth batter.

Wash and dry the mushrooms and marinate them in lemon juice for 2 or 3 minutes. Then fry t