Set aside. To cook the whitebait, preheat the oil in a deep-fat fryer to 200C. Have ready a wire rack set over a tray, to rest the fish on and allow them to dry after frying. Mix together 40g ...

As they are frozen produce, whitebait are available all year. There are concerns about the sustainability of whitebait because they are harvested in large quantities, which puts pressure on stocks.

A classic Italian dish of pasta aglio e olio - with garlic and oil - gets a Japanese twist when you add chirimen (dried tiny whitebait) and karasumi (cured, pressed fish roe - the Japanese ...

Woohoo! Eating them the night before, I assumed they would be complex but far from it – it’s a whitebait custard between slices of white bread. They are exceptional and a very clever Simon ...

In restaurants I have enjoyed crispy individually-fried whitebait. Can you tell me how I cook it this way. Also, when making an egg batter for whitebait, do you add flour or not? Planning ahead ...