Fried fish with garlic sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Fresh Anchovies or Whitebait
1 cup All-purpose Flour
5 tablespoons Cold Water
4 slices Bread, crusts trimmed
(soaked in water for 10 min)
4 cloves Garlic,
(peeled and roughly chopped)
2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
1 pinch Salt
Oil for Frying
4½ tablespoon Olive Oil
1½ tablespoon Water (optional)
Salt and Pepper
2 teaspoons Fresh Parsley, chopped
Lemon Wedges for garnish

Directions

GARLIC SAUCE

1) Sift the flour into a deep bowl with the salt. Gradually stir in the

water in the amount needed to make a very thick batter.

2) Heat enough oil for frying in a large, deep pan. A deep-sided saute pan

is ideal.

3) Take 3 fish at a time and dip them into the batter together. Press their tails together firmly to make a fan shape.

4) Lower them carefully into the oil. Fry in several batches until crisp

and golden. Continue in the same way with all the remaining fish.

5) Meanwhile, squeeze out the bread and put in a food processor with the

garlic and lemon juice. With the processor running, add the oil in a

thin steady stream. Add water if the mixture is too thick and dry.

Add

salt and pepper and stir in parsley by hand. When all the fish are cooked, sprinkle lightly with salt and arrange on serving plates with

some of the garlic sauce and lemon wedges.

From the kitchen of Pegyy and Bruce Travers, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

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