Pieces of vegetables, fish, seafood, cheese. Oil for deep frying
Sift together the flour, salt and pepper. Beat the egg yolks until
light. Add the beer and mix into the dry ingredients, stirring only
until well-blended. Stir in the butter. Let stand at room
temperature for 1-1/2 hours. Beat the egg whites until stiff, then
fold into the batter. Heat the fat to 375 F. Dip pieces of
vegetables, fish, seafood, and cheese into the batter and fry until
golden borwn for 2 or 3 minutes.
Variations:
Almost any vegetable, fish or seafood will do in one form or
another for a mixed fry.
Especially recommended:
Onions:
Cut into 1/4" rings and coat with flour before dipping into the
batter.
Eggplant:
Slice without peeling into half moons or rectangular fingers about
1/2" thick. Coat with flour before dipping into batter.
Cauliflower:
Break into flowerets.
Broccoli:
Peel stems and cut vegetables into bite-size flowerets.
Tomatoes:
Do not peel. Cut into 1/2" slices. Discard the seeds and coat with
flour before dipping into batter.
Cheese:
Use Gruyere, Swiss, or fontina cheese cut into 1" squares and 1/2"
thick.
Shrimp:
Shell and devein raw shrimp, leaving the last segment of the tail
intact. Wash and dry with paper toweling. Dip n flour before
dipping into batter.
Crabmeat:
Select large pieces of lump crabmeat. Dust with flour before
dipping into batter.
Oysters:
Use whole. Dust with flour before dipping into batter.
Lobster:
Cut meat into 1/2" medallions. Dust with flour before dipping into
batter.
Fish Fillets:
Cut into strips about 1" wide. Dust with flour flour before dipping
into batter.
