Smelts

Name: Smelts
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: When good and in season, they have a fine silvery hue, are very firm, and have a refreshing smell like cucumbers newly cut.; Dip them in plenty of egg, then into fine bread-crumbs.; Dry them in a cloth, lightly flour them, and shake it off.; Dip them in plenty of egg, then into fine bread-crumbs.; Dip them in plenty of egg, then into fine bread-crumbs.; Take care not to take off the light roughness of the crumb, or their beauty will be lost.; Plunge them into a good pan of boiling lard.

Mary Eaton, Bungay, Suffolk, 1823

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

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Method

When good and in season, they have a fine silvery hue, are very firm, and have a refreshing smell like cucumbers newly cut.
They should not be washed more than is necessary merely to clean them.
Dry them in a cloth, lightly flour