Seafood
Whitebait Fritters
One of the truly unique specialties of New Zealand waters is whitebait. These tiny fish are a very expensive delicacy, unless you catch them yourself at river mouths in spring. I find them irresistible, and as soon as my local fish shop paints the ‘fresh whitebait’ sign across the window I just have to have them. If I could I would buy enough to fill the pan, tossing them with salt and pepper and a squirt of lemon. But to do that I’d probably have to take out a mortgage. So I make simple fritters with...
