Thread: Devilled Whitebait...

Originally Posted by Beaker

1 lb NZ whitebait
1 egg (free range etc,...)
1 t flour ( some dont like this)

Mix gently, and fry in butter. Eat.




However, also on the riverside, whitebait still kicking into flour, then into a really hot frypan with a butter oil mix, as they stop kicking, pull out and eat like chips.


And note - no bloody mint sauce any where near! (white bread with butter maybe acceptable)

Have you tried a dash of good homemade mint sauce on whitebait?

It might get the greymouth river taste out of it😆

I mainly just salt and squeeze a bit of lemon on mine. But my wife's homemade mint sauce adds another element to a pattie.

BTW your pattie recipe would come a distant second to mine at the wildfoods festival 😆

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Originally Posted by R93

Have you tried a dash of good homemade mint sauce on whitebait?

It might get the greymouth river taste out of it��

I mainly just salt and squeeze a bit of lemon on mine. But my wife's homemade mint sauce adds another element to a pattie.

BTW your pattie recipe would come a distant second to mine at the wildfoods festival ��

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Have tried a lot of different concoctions, and it it all comes back to basics - haven't tried your Mrs sauce, but if your offering, I'll give it a try

Looking back, I had a privileged up bringing (but was normal for everyone around me - coast thing....) I grew up eating whitebait cooked however, crayfish, crabs, flatties, etc..(fishing family).. and as I've got older and spent 100's on small plates of food, that someone has said tastes great, I reckon west coast ( not grey - taramakau or south... ) whitebait and west coast si crayfish are the feed.

Have tried the UK whitebait, single small fish deep-fried..... nice , but not the same as a nice NZ Pattie.

Across the board ( apart from beef)NZ meat and fish are the best in the world.

Originally Posted by R93

Have you tried a dash of good homemade mint sauce on whitebait?

It might get the greymouth river taste out of it��

I mainly just salt and squeeze a bit of lemon on mine. But my wife's homemade mint sauce adds another element to a pattie.

BTW your pattie recipe would come a distant second to mine at the wildfoods festival ��

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Oh and wild foods festival recipe of 6 bait and 1 egg and one roofie, may (and can) beat me......