Such a favourite dish for us, reminds us of holidays in Spain and the fried garlic garnish takes me back to a little fishing village immediately where I had a whole fish served, skinned and the scales re-placed in sliced pan fried garlic it was divine, a sweet nutty flavour to the delicate fish.
I made a quick cheats caper & garlic aoili mayo dipping sauce and some of my homemade chilli jam.
Ingredients
2 whole squid tubes cleaned
300g potato flour
1 tbsp black peppercorns
1 tbsp white peppercorns
1 tsp sichuan pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tsp all bay seasoning spice (optional)
1 lemon
2 egg whites gently beaten
1 ltr oil for frying
6 double folded sheets paper roll for draining
1 small bunch fresh parsley chopped
For the cheesy garlic focaccia bread
1 cheat focaccia flat bread
300g cheese of your choice I love le rustic
70g butter and 2 grated cloves garlic mashed together
1 small red onion fine sliced
Quick garlic aioli lemon tartare dip
2 tbsp mayo
1 tsp tartare sauce or capers
1 garlic clove grated
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
QUICK COOK GUIDE
Make the garlic butter, slice the onion, spread over the focaccia and top with the cheese, bake in the oven for 15 mins. Deep fry the garlic and chillies quickly and then reserve as seasoning. Slice the squid and toss in the egg white and then in the peppered seasoned flour. Cook in the oil for 3-4 minutes approx, until light a golden colour, drain on kitchen roll and sprinkle with sea salt and fresh lemon then serve with dips.
IN MORE DETAIL
For the seasoned flour, grind all the peppercorns and seasoning and mix well into the flour with salt and the cayenne pepper.
Deep fry the sliced red chilli and garlic for a couple of minutes, remove and reserve for seasoning and decoration. The garlic will have a rich buttery nutty garlic flavour that works really well with the crispy squid rings.
Slice the squid into 1cm wide rings and soak in the beaten egg white, then coat really well in the seasoned flour. In hot oil 200 degrees fry the squid in batches until light and golden in colour, drain on kitchen paper and season with sea salt.
Beautiful little rings of glorious sweet tender soft squid, yummy. To serve sprinkle with sea salt, the nutty garlic and fried chillies, drizzle with fresh squeezed lemon juice, a must for me and I love to make a cheats garlic mayo with fresh grated garlic, mayo, some chopped capers or a tbsp of tartare sauce, a hint of lemon juice to loosen the mayo and there it is a aioli lemon tartare.
Simple quick focaccia bread spread thickly with fresh grated garlic butter, sliced red onion and lots of Parmesan cheese and any other cheese you fancy I like to use le rustic Camembert sometimes too, finish off with fresh flat leaf parsley.
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