Recipes for your Deep Fryer

For perfect batter

1.Always shift all dry ingredients, then add liquids. Mix until smooth.

2.Keep your batter as cold as possible (it will be crisper)

3.Coat food in seasoned flour before batter, the batter will stick to the food better.

4.Fry until golden brown.

5.Always use the deep fry “cooking with home battered food” technique, see page 29 for more information.

Beer batter

1 cup plain flour

½teaspoon baking powder pinch salt

¾cup cold beer

Crispy sesame batter

1 cup cornflour

2 eggs

¹⁄³ cup water, chilled

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Sweet fritter batter

1 egg

²⁄³ cup milk

1 cup self raising flour

1 tablespoon caster sugar

1 tablespoon melted butter or margarine

Note: For savoury batter replace sugar with salt.

Tempura batter

½cup plain flour

¼cup rice flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

1 cup soda water, chilled

1 egg

Note: It’s very important to keep this batter cold.

Easy crispy coating

1egg

1tablespoon water or milk

1cup rice flour

pinch of salt / pepper

1.Beat egg and milk. Season flour with salt and pepper.

2.Dip food in egg mix and then coat with flour.

3.Deep fry at settings 8-10 depending on size, until crispy and pale.

Prawn cutlets

750g green king prawns ½ plain flour

1 egg, lightly beaten

2 cups fresh breadcrumbs lemon wedges to serve

1.Peel and devein prawns, leaving tails intact. Dry thoroughly.

2.Coat prawns in flour, then egg then breadcrumbs. Shake off excess crumbs.

3.Heat the oil to settings 8-10 and fry cutlets for 4-5 minutes until golden brown.

4.Drain and serve immediately with lemon wedges.

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Sunbeam DF4500 manual Recipes for your Deep Fryer