Grenouilles frites (Fried Frogs’ Legs)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Frogs’ legs
- Lemon juice
- A thread of oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- A point of crushed garlic
- Chopped parsley
- Light frying batter
- Fat for deep frying
- Fried parsley
Instructions
- Trim the legs and marinate them 1 hour in advance with lemon juice, a thread of oil, salt and pepper, a point of crushed garlic and chopped parsley.
- At the moment of serving, dip the legs in a light frying batter and fry them in plenty of hot fat.
- Drain them and arrange them on a napkin with fried parsley.