Ingredients
- 2 large free-range eggs
- ½ cup plain flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 200g minced pāua
- a small handful of flat leaf parsley leaves, chopped
- salt
- oil for cooking
- lemon halves for squeezing
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Method
Method
Whisk the eggs in a bowl until frothy, about 1 minute. Sift in the flour and baking powder and whisk together along with the milk until you have a smooth batter.
Put the minced pāua and chopped parsley in a bowl and mix to combine. Add the batter and mix again to combine. Taste and season with salt.
Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Add a little oil, then drop spoonful’s of the fritter mixture into the pan. Cook until golden on each side, about 5 minutes.
Serve pāua fritters straight from the pan, each with a good squeeze of lemon juice and extra salt.
Species used in this recipe
Pāua Mãori Name: Pāua
NZ blackfoot pāua (Haliotis iris) is a marine mollusc (snail) and a member of the abalone family (Haliotidae). There are roughly 55 species of abalon ...