MINCED ABALONE FRITTERS
Serves 4
Try these minced abalone fritters served with a lovely caper sauce with hints of lemon and dill. These fritters make a classy appetiser.
For abalone fritters
500 g minced abalone
1 egg, lightly beaten
½ cup milk
½ cup plain flour
½ onion, diced
oil for frying
salt and pepper, to taste
For dill, lemon and caper sauce
30 g butter
2 spring onions, very finely chopped or minced
60 g capers, chopped
3 tablespoons dry sherry
⅓ cup fish stock
4 tablespoons lemon juice
⅔ cup cream
60 g butter, chilled
1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
Procedure for abalone fritters
Sift flour, salt and pepper together
Stir the egg and milk into flour mixture (thick syrup texture)
Mix minced abalone and chopped onion into flour mixture and fry spoonfuls of mixture in a fry pan till cooked through and golden brown on each side.
Procedure for dill, lemon and caper sauce
Heat butter in stainless saucepan. Add spring onions and saute until soft. Add capers and sherry; heat to simmering.
Add lemon juice, fish stock and cream; reduce by half.
Reduce heat to low; shave in butter until sauce is rich and shiny. Add dill; season with salt and pepper.
Recipe posted by Elize Grobbelaar
