Whitebait Roll

Name: Whitebait Roll
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: Whitebait, washed and drained.; 1 cup flour.; 50 grams butter.; 1 small onion, finely chopped.; 1 teaspoon baking powder.; Salt and freshly-ground black pepper.; 1 cup mashed potato.; 1 egg.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from West Coast Whitebaiters Assn
Prep:10 minutes Cook:60 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

Whitebait, washed and drained.
1 cup flour.
50 grams butter.
1 small onion, finely chopped.
1 teaspoon baking powder.
Salt and freshly-ground black pepper.
1 cup mashed potato.
1 egg.

Directions:

Mix together flour, potato, baking powder, melted butter and beaten egg.
Roll out on a lightly-floured board and cover with whitebait, to taste.
Sprinkle with the chopped onion and seasonings, to taste.
Roll up and bake 1 hour.
Serve sliced, either hot or cold.

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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.