Devilled whitebait with roasted garlic mayo

Name: Devilled whitebait with roasted garlic mayo
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Ingredients: 50g cornflour; 50g rice flour; 2 tbsp English mustard powder; 2 tbsp sweet smoked paprika; 2 tsp cayenne pepper plus a sprinkle to serve; 400g fresh or frozen whitebait see notes below; for deep frying vegetable oil; 4 cloves garlic skin on; 1 tbsp olive oil; a pinch sea salt flakes plus extra to serve; 5 tbsp mayonnaise; ½, juiced, plus 1, wedged to serve lemon

Published: May 4, 2018 at 11:01 AM

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Serves 4 as a starter

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Total time: 45 mins

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Check out this easy recipe for crispy deep-fried whitebait and creamy roasted garlic mayo. This simple yet impressive spring recipe will make a perfect starter at your next dinner party

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Ingredients

Nutrition

50g cornflour
50g rice flour
2 tbsp English mustard powder
2 tbsp sweet smoked paprika
2 tsp cayenne pepper

plus a sprinkle to serve
400g fresh or frozen whitebait

see notes below
for deep frying vegetable oil

GARLIC MAYO

4 cloves garlic

skin on
1 tbsp olive oil
a pinch sea salt flakes

plus extra to serve
5 tbsp mayonnaise
½, juiced, plus 1, wedged to serve lemon

Nutrition: per serving

kcal463
fat42.6g
saturates0.9g
carbs6.1g
sugars0.5g
fibre0.5g
protein13.5g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. To make the mayo, put the garlic cloves onto a piece of foil, drizzle with the olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt and wrap up tightly. Cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes until soft. Cool, then squeeze the cloves out of their skins and put in a bowl with the mayonnaise, lemon juice and some seasoning, and mix well.
step 2

Put the cornflour, rice flour, mustard powder, paprika and cayenne into a bowl and mix well. Add the whitebait and toss really well, until covered in the spiced flour.
step 3

Fill a pan no more that 1/3 full with oil and heat to 180C or until a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds. Fry the whitebait, in batches, for 4-5 minutes or until really crisp. Drain on kitchen paper and keep warm in a low oven while you fry the rest. Serve straightaway with the roasted garlic mayo for dipping, a sprinkle of sea salt and lemon wedges for squeezing over.

If using frozen whitebait, leave on a plate in the fridge overnight to defrost.

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