Whitebait with tomato-caper topping

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Fresh whole whitebait <<OR>> fresh filleted sardines; with skin on
1½ cup Flour
1 tablespoon Salt
2 teaspoons Ground pepper
2 teaspoons Paprika
1 cup Seeded, peeled diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon Large capers; drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons Finely chopped sweet red onion
2 Anchovy fillets,; rinsed and chopped
1 teaspoon Grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon Roughly chopped parsley
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Sherry vinegar
Mint or basil sprigs
Shaved Manchego cheese if desired

Directions

FOR THE TOPPING

GARNISH

Wash the whitebait thoroughly and set aside. In a shallow bowl mix the flour, salt, pepper and paprika together.

In a separate bowl mix the tomatoes, capers, onion, anchovy, lemon zest and parsley together with the olive oil. Season to taste with salt, pepper and drops of sherry vinegar. Set aside.

Add ¼-inch vegetable oil to a heavy saute pan and place over moderately high heat. Dredge the whitebait in the seasoned flour and saute till golden brown and crisp. Arrange on individual serving plates and top with a little dollop of the tomato caper mixture. Serve immediately garnished with mint or basil sprigs and shaved Manchego cheese.

Yield: 6-8 serving

Recipe By : COOKING RIGHT SHOW #CR9752 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #284 Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 11:05:52 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Spalding <billspa@...> NOTES : I had a dish very similar to this at a tapas bar in Barcelona. The fish came warm and crisply fried to the table topped with a little mound of the tomato-caper mixture in one of those wonderful little shallow earthenware dishes used in tapas bars.

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