A very easy and very delicious way of presenting vegetables.

Serves about 50 pieces

Ingredients

• 1 large egg yolk or 2 small
• 12 fl oz or 340 ml iced water
• 8 oz 225 g plain flour
• a pinch of salt
• Vegetables such as courgettes, mushrooms, cauliflower, asparagus, or peppers, cut into bite-sized pieces.

Method

1. Combine ingredients and mix well. It should not be smooth.
2. Use batter almost straight away.
3. Dip the vegetable pieces one at a time, in the batter and shallow fry in clean oil.
4. Place on kitchen towel to dry after cooking. It is a very “thin” batter, and the vegetable’s colour will show through after cooking.
5. They can be used as a vegetable or as nibbles.
6. This batter is equally good for things like prawns.