British

Whitebait Fritters

Name: Whitebait Fritters
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 lb whitebait; 4 eggs; 3 tbsp all purpose flour; 2 tbsp parsley; 2 tbsp butter; 1 lemon; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Simon @simon_roasts

Whitebait Fritters is British home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb whitebait
4 eggs
3 tbsp all purpose flour
2 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp butter
1 lemon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Whisk the eggs with the flour, chopped parsley, salt, and pepper to a light batter.
Gently fold in the whitebait, keeping them whole.
Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat and spoon in the batter to form small patties.
Fry until golden, about 2 minutes per side.
Serve hot with lemon wedges.

Watch how to cook Whitebait Fritters

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A British dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Whitebait Fritters, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cauliflower Cheese
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- British Mashed Potatoes
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Whitebait Fritters carries dairy, gluten, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Whitebait Fritters
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Salad with New Potatoes
Gluten	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Bacon and Egg Pie
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 350 kcal
Protein: 22 g
Carbs: 8 g
Fat: 26 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 430 mg
Saturated fat: 10 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Whitebait Fritters takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in spring, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.