Fritto Misto di Mare - Italian Recipe

Fritto Misto di Mare

🌍 Italian, Coastal/National Difficulty: ●●●○○

A mixed seafood fry from every coastal town in Italy. The seafood must be impeccably dry before it touches the flour. Fry in small batches at high heat — crowding drops the oil temperature and produces a soggy, greasy coating.

Ingredients

• Mixed seafood: shrimp, squid, whitebait, sole fillets
• 200g flour
• Ice cold sparkling water
• Oil for deep frying
• Lemon wedges

Method

1. Making — Make batter with flour and cold sparkling water; don't overmix.
2. Dipping — Dip seafood; fry in hot oil (180°C (350°F)) in batches.
3. Draining — Drain; season with salt. Serve with lemon.

Tags: mixed seafood: shrimp, flour, ice cold sparkling water, oil for deep frying, lemon wedges · Source: Brittani's Almanac