Anchovy Fritters (or Beignets à la Niçoise)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut rounds 3 to 4 centimetres in diameter and 1 centimetre and a half thick from a piece of tunny in oil.
  2. Surround each round entirely with thin strips of anchovy fillet marinated in oil.
  3. At the moment, dip in a light frying batter and put into plenty of very hot fat.
  4. Dress in a heap on a napkin, with a border of fried parsley.

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