Five-spice dusted whitebait

Five-spice dusted whitebait

This crispy whitebait recipe is the perfect starter to serve at your next dinner party.

Five-spice dusted whitebait

  • Serves icon Serves 4
  • Time icon Ready in 30 minutes

This crispy whitebait recipe is the perfect starter to serve at your next dinner party.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
461kcals
Fat
36.3g (5.9 saturated)
Protein
15.8g
Carbohydrates
19.6g (0.4g sugar)
Salt
0.3g

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
461kcals
Fat
36.3g (5.9 saturated)
Protein
15.8g
Carbohydrates
19.6g (0.4g sugar)
Salt
0.3g

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