Saturday 5 April - Fish and Chips

In a bid to try and eat more fish, we thought we'd have a go at proper fish and chips. We based this meal on a recipe from Tom Kerridge, but didn't make pea puree - nothing but proper mushy peas will do for us.

These were soaked  for the afternoon, and then cooked gently with a big sprig of mint.

 

Tartare sauce was made from scratch, the addition of grated boiled eggs was something I've not done before, and it worked really well.

Next the fish - the batter was made using Bass No1 and a couple of eggwhites whisked into self raising flour.

Tail pieces of cod were dipped into this and then deep fried.

And finally the chips - these were parboiled and then fried twice - I'm not convinced that the chips taste any better for the first boiling, but it saves having to dry the potatoes.

Everything got eaten, but we all thought the batter was a bit thick and could have been crisper.  The fish was delicious though.