Fritto Misto

Name: Fritto Misto
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300g calamari rings; 200g large prawns, peeled; 200g whitebait or small fish; 200g plain flour; 50g semolina; sparkling water for batter; oil for frying; lemon wedges to serve; aioli to serve

Lightly battered and fried Italian mixed seafood — calamari, prawns and whitebait. Using cold sparkling water in the batter gives fritto misto its famously light, crisp coating instead of a heavy, doughy one.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Italian

Ingredients

300gcalamari rings

200glarge prawns, peeled

200gwhitebait or small fish

200gplain flour

50gsemolina

sparkling waterfor batter

oilfor frying

lemon wedgesto serve

aiolito serve

Instructions

Make a thin batter: whisk flour and semolina with cold sparkling water until smooth.

Heat oil to 190°C.

Dip seafood in batter, allowing excess to drip.

Fry in batches — calamari 2 minutes, prawns 3 minutes, whitebait 1–2 minutes.

Drain on paper.

Season immediately.

Serve with lemon and aioli.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

232

Protein

17.2g

Fat

0.7g

Carbs

38.3g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

57mg

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