Fritto Misto
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 4:41pm

Ingredients




Vegetable oil for deep frying

2 parts cornmeal
1 part flour
salt and pepper

Smelt

Shrimp (with heads and shells on)

inch Squid, cleaned and cut into on  tubes
inch Lemon slices, about ¼  thick
Whole shallots

Preparation

1 Heat oil in a stockpot 2 Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl 3 Cook fish in batches beginning with the smelt. Dust the smelt in the bowl until thoroughly covered 4 Add to hot oil until browned 5 Removed to a rack or paper towel covered plate 6 Repeat with shrimp, then the whole shallots, then the lemons, finishing with the squid. 7 Serve with fresh lemon wedges or a lemon aioli.