Whitebait Fritter with Breadcrumbs

Name: Whitebait Fritter with Breadcrumbs
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 150 grams whitebait.; 2 eggs.; 1 teaspoon lemon salt.; Freshly-ground black pepper.; 2 tablespoons fresh breadcrumbs.; Olive oil.; Knob of butter.; Lemon, sliced.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Hamish McKenzie
Prep:10 minutes Cook:5 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

150 grams whitebait.
2 eggs.
1 teaspoon lemon salt.
Freshly-ground black pepper.
2 tablespoons fresh breadcrumbs.
Olive oil.
Knob of butter.
Lemon, sliced.

Directions:

Beat the eggs well.
Mix in lemon salt, pepper and breadcrumbs.
Blend well.
Heat oil and butter in a frying pan until shimmering.
Drop spoonfuls of the mixture into frying pan.
Flatten with back of spoon.
Cook like you would pancakes.
Turn when golden brown, 1-2 minutes each side.
Serve hot with lemon juice squeezed over the fritter.

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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.