Money Saving Recipes: Crispy White Bait with Meyer Lemon Aioli, Pickled Golden Shallots & Fennel | E

Ingredients

• 650g fresh whitebait and flour for dusting
• 2 Meyer lemons cut in into halves
• 1 cup pickled golden shallots
• 1 shaved fennel and fronds
• 1 cup of Meyer lemon aioli
• 1 cup plain flour
• 2 cups tapioca flour
• 1 cup rice flour
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tbs salt
• 1 tbs ground white pepper
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 egg
• 3 egg yolks
• ⅓ cup of Meyer lemon juice
• Zest of 2 Meyer lemons
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 2 cups grape seed oil
• 1 cup raw sugar
• 3 cups red wine vinegar
• 3 bay leaves
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1 star anise
• 3 golden shallots, thinly sliced
• Fennel fronds, picked and washed
• Head of one fennel, shaved wafer thin
• ⅓ cup of olive oil
• Juice of 1 Meyer lemon
• Salt and pepper to taste