Fritto Misto di Mare

Name: Fritto Misto di Mare
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300g calamari rings; 200g medium prawns, peeled; 150g whitebait; 150g plain flour; 50g semolina; sparkling water ice cold; 1 tsp salt; vegetable oil for frying; 2 lemons, halved

A shatteringly crisp fry-up of calamari, prawns and whitebait in a light semolina batter, served straight from the oil with lemon wedges for squeezing, an Italian seaside classic best eaten immediately.

Total time

30 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Italian

Ingredients

300gcalamari rings

200gmedium prawns, peeled

150gwhitebait

150gplain flour

50gsemolina

sparkling waterice cold

1 tspsalt

vegetable oilfor frying

2lemons, halved

Instructions

Combine flour, semolina and salt. Stir in enough ice-cold sparkling water to make a thin batter.

Heat oil to 185°C.

Working in batches, coat seafood in batter and fry 2–3 minutes until crisp and golden.

Drain on paper towel, season immediately with salt.

Serve at once with lemon wedges.

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

194

Protein

16.2g

Fat

0.6g

Carbs

31.4g

Fiber

1.8g

Sodium

534mg

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