West Coast Whitebait Patties

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 500 g whitebait
• 2 tablespoons light vegetable oil (for frying) or 2 tablespoons butter (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 beat the eggs in a large bowl, then mix in the milk.
• 2 season with salt & pepper to taste.
• 3 lightly beat through the flour & baking powder to ensure there are no lumps. add the flour slowly - the mixture should be thick & runny but not too gloopy.
• 4 in a colander, rinse the whitebait and pick out any river stones or other debris.
• 5 drain, and mix into the egg mixture until well combined.
• 6 heat a frying pan on medium-high heat, and once heated, add the butter/olive oil.
• 7 drop in dessert-spoonfuls of the whitebait mixture, and cook until the pattie is set (& starts to go golden on the underside). the whitebait will normally have gone at this stage.
• 8 turn, and cook on the other side until golden.
• 9 keep warm in the oven until ready to serve, in my house they get eaten as fast as they are cooked!