Whitebait

Ingredients

• Whitebait
• Lemon
• Cayenne
• Hot Fat

Method

1. 1

   Remove them to a colander to drain.

2. 2

   Dry them carefully in a clean cloth, which has been previously sprinkled with dry flour.

3. 3

   Put them into the frying basket and fry at a temperature of 400° for fifty seconds or one minute.

4. 4

   Remove the whitebait onto kitchen paper, and serve on a hot napkin, with brown bread and butter and lemon and cayenne.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Buckmaster's cookery (1887) by J. C. Buckmaster, page 85. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WHITEBAIT. Ingredients. Whitebait. Lemon. Cayenne. Hot Fat

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