MainsDecember 27, 2017

Fritto Misto di Calamari

Name: Fritto Misto di Calamari
Ingredients: 1 cup ap flour; 1 cup cornstarch; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp kosher salt; 2 cups cold club soda; 1 28 oz can crushed tomato; 1 tsp red pepper flake; canola oil; 2 tbs olive oil; 1 lb squid, cut into rings and heads; 1/4 cup onion, minced; 2 cloves garlic, minced

Calamari fritto misto style! Light airy batter, spicy tomato sauce deliciousness. Move fast, they’ll be gone in a flash!

you could also batter and fry other stuff if you wanted, mushrooms, squash, leeks, onions, shrimps, oysters, etc, etc

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Mise en Place

Staples

1 cupap flour
1 cupcornstarch
1 tspbaking soda
2 tspkosher salt
2 cupscold club soda
1 28 oz cancrushed tomato
1 tspred pepper flake
canola oil
2 tbsolive oil

Seafood

1 lbsquid, cut into rings and heads

Veggies

1/4 cuponion, minced
2 clovesgarlic, minced

Equipment

1bowl
1slotted spoon
1pot
1plate, lined with paper towels
1skillet, medium hot

Directions

In skillet, cook onion till soft in olive oil
add garlic and red pepper flake, cook 1 minute more
add tomato, stir to combine, heat on high till bubbling then reduce to low
in pot, pour enough oil to have a depth of 3-4 inches, heat on medium-medium hot. you want to get to 350
in bowl, mix flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt, and club soda to form batter
in batches, dunk squid into batter, shake off excess, and then fry till golden. 3-4 minutes. use slotted spoon to evac to plate
serve with tomato sauce

#Seafood #Snack