WHITEBAIT RECIPES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2785, 16 September 1924, Page 4

WHITEBAIT RECIPES.

Wihiteba.it, ns with all fish, cannot he too fresh, and when bought it should he carefully washed, strained and examined, to prevent any pieces of shell .or weed from being mixed with it. Garnishes of' sliced lemon and parsley add to (he attractive appearance of the whitebait when served. A few recipes are given below: — Whitebait Soffle. —-Milk 1 breakfast cup; butter, 1 tablespoon; eggs, 2; whitebait, 4-pint ; bread 1 slice; ]K pper and salt. Soak the bread in milk, add the butter, heat them to a. pi l l p. Add the yolks , of (lie eggs, tlu- pepper and the salt. Stir in tin' whitebait. Lastly pcld the whites of the eggs stiffly beaten, Pnjjr into a buttered dish. Bake 20 minutes jij a quick oven. Stewed Whitebait. —Half a pint of whitebait, 1 eup of milk or cream of butter, Ideserlspoonl’ul of flour, a iV-.w drops of lemon juice, sail, pepper. Mix flour and butter over fire, gradually add milk or cream; when thick, pul in whitebait, hyal thoroughly, add lemon juice, salt, and popcv; serve with toast sippets. Fried Whitebait. —Lift the fish, .a few at. a time, and let them drain on a sieve if necessary, and then drop them gently into plenty of flour spread on a large .sheet of paper. Lift (he paper, and slip the fish into a frying basket resting on another sheet of paper, so not .to lougjj them with (lie hands. Lift Hie frying basket, and shake the flour out of it by flitting- it gently on the side over the paper. Then plunge the list, info boiling fat for rather more than a minute; then take out the basket, and plunge it into a second pan of very hot fat, shaking pan that the ftsh may be evenly cooked. When quite crisp, (turn the whitebait out on a sieve. Steamed* Whitebait— Place tlm whitebait in a bowl or cup, according to the amount; well season with

pepper and salt and add a lump of butter. Cover with greased paper, and place in a pot of boiling water. Steam oently for about 15 minutes or until cooked. Whitebait and Bacon— Take a msher of bacon ami place round enough of the whitebait to make a small roll. Do this until the fish is used up. Then place the rolls upon a skewer and fry. Whitebait Fritters. —A more economical and equally tempting way of serving whitebait is by making lhem into fritters. Alakc a light hatter, mix the whitebait in it, dip out a spoonful at a time and fry in boiling fat.