Battered Fried Mussels

Ingredients

• •50 shelled mussels
• •1 cup flour
• •1/2 cup water
• •2 eggs
• •2 tsp salt
• •1.5 cups oil
• •100 g pine nuts
• •2 slices stale bread crumb
• •4 cloves garlic
• •Juice of 1 lemon

Preparation

1. 1

   Clean and wash the mussels and remove excess water. Flour them with half the flour.

2. 2

   Whisk the rest of the flour with 2 egg yolks and 1/2 cup water into a thin batter (like boza). Fold in 2 egg whites whisked to stiff peaks.

3. 3

   Dip the floured mussels in the batter and fry until pink. Serve with a tarator sauce made from the pine nuts, soaked bread crumb, garlic and lemon juice.