Deep-Fried Anchovy Spines

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Recipe byjanetlsanders

Notes:

SERVES 2 – 4
We deboned piles of anchovies while testing our recipe for Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Anchovy Sauce—and were about to throw the spines away when Colman Andrews looked in and said, "Stop! Those are good to eat!" Then he showed us this recipe from his Catalan Cuisine (Harvard Common Press, 1999).

Categories:
- Anchovy
- saveur
- Seafood

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Ingredients:

1⁄2 cup milk
2–3 dozen anchovy spines
Olive oil
3⁄4 cup flour
Salt

1. Put milk in a small bowl, add anchovy spines, and soak for 30 minutes.

2. Pour oil into a cast-iron skillet to a depth of 3⁄4" and heat over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Put flour on a plate and dredge spines, shaking off excess flour. Fry spines until deep golden-brown, about 1 minute. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt.

This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #38