Whitebait Fritters With Tomatoes

Prep Time: 10 Mins

Cook Time: 2 Mins

A lot of people go crazy here over whitebait. It’s ridiculously expensive like $170 per kg. But I have good friends that love to sit all day long along river banks and catch these small fish. So when my friend had about a bag full I suggested I would come over for lunch and make them into whitebait fritters.

These are super simple to make and don’t require a lot of garnish as you will want the very slight taste of the whitebait to come through.

 

Here is what they look like uncooked…

You will need a sieve or something similar to clean them with some running water. These were so fresh they even had a few pieces of twig in them straight from the river.

Ingredients

6 Eggs

1 cup of whitebait

Olive Oil or Butter

Salt and Pepper To Taste

1 Tomato

Here are all of the ingredients laid out. Whitebait of course, eggs and we used some olivine spread in place of olive oil or butter.

Preparation

Place the 6 eggs into a large bowl and whisk.

Add the whitebait and then whisk a little more.

Place a frying pan on the stove and add a little oil or butter and let it melt.

Ladle in some of the mixtures and allow to cook – Should only take a few minutes.

Flip over and cook for a few seconds on the reverse side.

Repeat until all of the mixtures has been used.

Garnish with some fresh Tomatoes

 

Bon appetite. Enjoy.