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Old World Recipe - Fresh Anchovy Pancakes Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Crainny / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago Another delicious way of dealing with fresh anchovies/sprats or smelt. I love this one because it's good hot or cold and works great as a quick sandwich fixing. Prep:20m Cook:10m Servings:6	Crainny
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Ingredients

1 lbs fresh anchovies/sprats, smelt or other small fish

3 eggs or equivalent egg-beaters

salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

flour

water

fresh dill weed for garnish

cooking oil

Directions

Behead and gut anchovies using a spoon or your own long nails

Remove the back bone - it should come out very easily. If you are working with smelt, you may need to slice it off the bone, depending on the size of the fish.

Prepare the batter:

Beat the eggs

add about 3 tbsp of water, salt, pepper and whisk well, until smooth

Add flour in small batches until your batter is buttermilky thick or slightly thicker - it's better err on the thicker side

Toss all of the fish into the batter and carefully stir to coat

Heat the cooking oil in a pancake skillet

Reduce heat to medium

Spoon the fish with batter onto the skillet, forming pancakes about 4 inches in diameter - they should be flat.

Fry on both sides until pleasantly browned, making sure the fish cooked through

Remove from oil with slotted spoon or fork, shaking off the excess oil and place on paper towel.

Sprinkle with chopped dill weed.

Serve hot with new potatoes, mashed potatoes, or summer salads or