Recipe - Fritto Misto

2 cup Sifted flour
1 One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
4 Eggs seperated
12 ounce Beer
4 tablespoon Melted butter

Fritto Misto

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
wellblended. 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 wil do in one form or another for a
mixed fry.

Especially recommended...

ONIONS/cut into One fourth inch rings and coat with flour before dipping into the
batter.

EGGPLANT/Slice without peeling into half moons or rectangular fingers about
One half inch thick. Coat with flour before dipping into batter.

CAULIFLOWER/break into flowerets.

BROCCOLI/Peel stems and cut vegetables into bitesize flowerets.

TOMATOS/Do not peel. Cut into 1/2inch slices. Discard the seeds and coat
w/flour before dipping into batter.

CHEESE/Use Gruyere, Swiss, or fontina cheese cut into 1inch squares and
One half inch 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 w/flour before dipping
into batter.

OYSTERS/Use whole. Dust w.flour before dipping into batter.

LOBSTER or ROCK LOBSTER TAIL/Cut meat into One half inch medallions. Dust
w/flour before dipping into batter.

FISH FILLETS/Cut into strips about 1inch wide. Dust w.flour flour before
dipping into batter.

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