Recipe

Beer-battered onion rings with pesto dip

Aug 31, 2011 2:00pm
  • 20 mins preparation
  • 15 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Beer-battered onion rings with pesto dip
  • 2 tablespoon sun-dried tomato pesto
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon chopped basil, optional
  • 2/3 cup plain flour
  • 2 tablespoon self-raising flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt, plus extra, to sprinkle
  • 1 cup beer
  • vegetable oil, to deep-fry
  • 3 small white onions, thickly sliced

Method

Beer-battered onion rings with pesto dip
  • 1
    Combine pesto sour cream and basil in a small bowl. Chill until required.
  • 2
    Sift flours and 1 teaspoon salt into a medium bowl. Make a well at centre. Whisk in beer until smooth.
  • 3
    Heat oil in a large heavy-based saucepan over high heat (oil is ready when a cube of bread crisps quickly without absorbing oil). Pat onion dry with paper towels. Separate into rings. Dip onion rings, one by one, into batter. Deep-fry rings, in batches, for 1-2 minutes or until golden and crisp. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels. Sprinkle with a tittle extra salt. Serve immediately with pesto dip.

Notes

Using a V-slicer or mandolin makes slicing onions quick and easy.

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