Deep Fried Skate Fillets in Yeast Batter

Preparation info
  • Ingredients For

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Quaglino's: The Cook Book

By Richard Whittington and Martin Webb

Published 1995

  • About

Skate on the bone is a difficult fish to deep fry since it is very large and uneven in shape and thickness. Fillets of skate, however, are ideal. The yeast batter is very English, though not widely used today, and delivers an excellent, crisp result. Cut the chips quite thick, say 6cm x 2cm (2½ x ¾ in).

If you can get hold of fresh yeast then use it, but dried yeast will work efficiently enough.