Whitebait Bites

Name: Whitebait Bites
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 500 grams whitebait.; 2 tablespoons flour.; Salt to taste.; 4 eggs, separated.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Cascade Whitebait
Prep:15 minutes Cook:5 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

500 grams whitebait.
2 tablespoons flour.
Salt to taste.
4 eggs, separated.

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200°C.
Toss whitebait with flour and salt until evenly coated.
Beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
In a separate bowl, lightly whisk egg yolks and fold into egg whites.
Add whitebait and salt to taste.
Drop spoonfuls of mix into non-stick mini muffin pans.
Cook for 5 minutes until puffed and springy to the touch.
Allow to cool slightly.
Serve with lemon and parsley or a dollop of aioli.

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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.