Simple Whitebait Fritters

Name: Simple Whitebait Fritters
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 60 grams cornflakes.; 200 grams whitebait, washed and drained.; 2 eggs.; 1 tablespoon flour.; Salt and pepper to taste.; Butter.; 2 tablespoons Italian parsley, finely chopped.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Grant Dixon
Prep:5 minutes Cook:5 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

60 grams cornflakes.
200 grams whitebait, washed and drained.
2 eggs.
1 tablespoon flour.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Butter.
2 tablespoons Italian parsley, finely chopped.

Directions:

Whisk eggs and mix in flour to combine.
Stir in whitebait until evenly distributed.
Add parsley (optional).
Heat pan or hotplate to medium and melt butter until sizzling.
Place spoonfuls of mixture into pan.
Cook one side only until golden-brown.
Serve with lemon wedges.
If parsley not already added, sprinkle over top of fritters before serving.

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Whitebait
One of New Zealand’s true delicacies, whitebait’s subtle taste is hard to put into words, but the price it demands in the shops, topping $100 a kilo at times, is testimony to its popularity among gourmets.
There are some seven species of native fish whose larval phases are loosely called whitebait. During late winter and early spring, the dates determined by geographical location, whitebaiters head for the rivers, streams and coastal river mouths armed with a variety of nets to trap ‘bait.