This crispy whitebait recipe is the perfect starter to serve at your next dinner party.
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Ingredients
- ½ cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 2 star anise
- ½ tsp whole cloves
- ½ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp coarsely ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 medium free-range eggs, beaten
- 100g plain flour, for dusting
- Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
- 35-40 whitebait
- Aïoli and lemon wedges, to serve
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Method
- Toast the spices and pepper in a dry frying pan over a medium heat until fragrant. Remove, add the salt, and whizz in a spice grinder or grind using a pestle and mortar. Pass through a fine sieve into a shallow dish. Place the beaten eggs and flour in separate shallow dishes.
- Fill a saucepan a third full with vegetable oil and heat to 180°C or until a small cube of bread turns golden brown within 1 minute. Dip the whitebait into the flour, then the egg mix, then into the spice mix. Carefully put the whitebait into the hot oil, and cook in batches for about 1-2 minutes, until browned. Remove and drain on kitchen paper. Serve with some aïoli and some lemon wedges.
Nutrition
- 461kcals Calories
- 36.3g (5.9 saturated) Fat
- 15.8g Protein
- 19.6g (0.4g sugar) Carbs
- 0.3g Salt
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