I’m tagging this as a ‘Jewish Recipe’ because it is, so fight me!
“The UK tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil was introduced to the country by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish immigrants, who spent time in the Netherlands before settling in the UK as early as the 16th century.” - From Wikipedia.
Our better recipe is a bit different as Gluten is a no-go here. So we've pottered with batter recipes until we found one we like.
Ingredients:-
2 Eggs, beaten and set aside
Cornflour, as much as you need. See method.
Salt (Kosher if you like) & Pepper, to season
2 Tsp of Turmeric (Cornflour batter looks dreadful without)
2 Tsp of Baking Powder
1 Tsp of Garlic Powder
Soda Water
Method:-
(1) Heat a fryer to 160c.
(2) Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl.
(3) Dredge the fish in the dry mix and set aside.
(4) Add Soda Water and enough Cornflour to make a thin batter.
(5) Dunk the coated Fish in the Egg Wash.
(6) Dunk in the Batter mix and fry in batches.
Served with a few peas, Tartar sauce, a slice of Lemon etc. The price of Fish means this isn’t a cheap treat now. But it was gooooood!!!!
These were intended to be more of a Potato Rosti but our grater wasn't up to the job so I improvised! They were actually more like an Onion Bhaji. Certainly not a disaster, but I'm good to admit an error once in a while!
They are there on the plates, just dwarfed by Sue's monster pasties.......
We served them with Sue's giant home made Cornish Pasties – Recipe here
Home made pickled Cauliflower and chilli – Recipe here
Cherry Tomatoes and red Onions dressed with a little oil and Parsley
Ingredients:-
3 large Potatoes, parboiled and sliced very thinly
2 Onions, sliced finely
3 tbls plain flour (Gluten free works fine)
2 tsp Chilli flakes
2 tsp Garlic salt
2 tsp Onion salt
2 Eggs
Oil for frying
Method:-
(1) Once the sliced Potatoes have cooled mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
(2) Form into fritters.
(3) Fry in a little oil turning once, until golden brown on both sides.
There is a 'Continental' shop not far from us. Next time we have a little spare cash we'll probably get a bag on Gram flour and try a proper Onion Bhaji recipe.