Special taste qualities of the usual ingredients, from which hot snacks or high-grade main dishes are made, often add to the batter. It can be prepared in various ways. How exactly? Consider a few delicious batter recipes and what dishes you can use to prepare them.
The easiest batter
In order to prepare an ordinary batter, which will contain a minimum of ingredients, you do not need to have a large amount of culinary skills. You can use it for cooking vegetables, fish, meat, as well as mushrooms - it is combined with absolutely any ingredients.
This recipe for batter involves combining in one dish a pair of chicken eggs (whole), 4 tablespoons of flour, as well as a small amount of salt and spices, which will be to your taste. As a rule, ground black pepper, rosemary, and aromatic herbs are used to make batter. After combining all the components, it is necessary to thoroughly beat them with a whisk until a homogeneous mass is formed and the lumps disappear. Further it can be used for its intended purpose.
Some chefs recommend a certain trick. It consists in the fact that to start, beat the eggs over with the addition of a tablespoon of purified ice water, then add spices and then flour - this way the batter will turn out to be very tender and it will be better to envelop meat, fish or another product selected for frying.
With mayonnaise
Very common among housewives is batter with mayonnaise, which can also be very easily made. To prepare it, you need to break a couple of chicken eggs in a bowl, salt them, add a small amount of spices, and then lightly beat with a spoon or whisk until a homogeneous mass of yolk and protein is formed. After that, you need to send a couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise to the egg mass (it is advisable to take one that has a high fat content) and mix everything thoroughly.
Evenly mixed batter with mayonnaise can be used to cook meat or fish. The products fried in it turn out to be very crispy and juicy, this is ensured thanks to the mayonnaise included in its composition.
Beer
As for beer batter, it is perfect for chicken. It is with its help that a fragrant and pleasantly crispy crust is formed around delicate pieces, which makes the product very juicy and more piquant. Such a tool is well suited for fish dishes, as well as for small seafood (shrimp goes well with it).
To make it, you need to take half a glass of beer, pour it into a deep bowl selected for preparation, and then add a couple of egg yolks to it. After this, the ingredients must be salted to taste, add a small amount of spices to them that will be to your taste, and then beat with a mixer.
In another bowl, use a mixer to beat a couple of egg whites with a glass of flour. Care should be taken to ensure that there are no lumps in the resulting mass. That is why the flour should be introduced gradually, in small portions.
After the separate processing of the products is carried out, the contents of two containers must be combined in one bowl, stir the ingredients until smooth, and then set aside for a while (about 10 minutes). After the allotted time, you can use the batter for frying.
Some professional chefs recommend adding a small amount of lemon juice to its composition, prepared in such a batter, to give a more piquant taste - it will add a touch of sourness.
Cheesy
In practice, it becomes clear that appetizers prepared in cheese batter are very tasty. It successfully envelops the fish fillet. In particular, cod fillet is pleasantly in harmony with it, which not only retains all its useful properties during the roasting process, but also gets a brighter taste.
To prepare egg-cheese batter, grate 60 g of hard cheese on a fine grater. After that, it should be combined in one dish with a whole chicken egg. Now the components must be salted to taste, add black ground pepper to them, and then mix thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is formed.
How to fry the fillet of cod in it? To do this, prepare the prepared pieces with a paper towel, roll in flour, and then dipping in a batter, send them to fry in a pan with preheated sunflower oil.
Kefir
Meat and fish products fried in kefir batter have a special delicate taste. It is with them that you can surprise all households and guests who are invited to a feast. How to make batter using kefir?
In order to prepare the product, it is necessary to break a couple of chicken eggs in one bowl, beat them with a whisk or fork, and then salt and pepper the resulting mass. After that, half a glass of kefir should be poured into the eggs, add a small amount of dried dill and mix everything again until a uniform state is obtained. Only after that it is necessary to slowly pour the flour into the mixture, while stirring at the same time - this way unwanted lumps will not be observed in the finished batter. Flour will require no more than 1.5 tablespoons.
After all preparations, the batter should be sent to the refrigerator for 40 minutes. During this time, it will infuse, all the ingredients will interact, as a result of which, after frying, it will be possible to observe a very magnificent batter around pieces of meat or fish.
No eggs
As you can see, in all recipes of batter, chicken eggs are among the main ingredients - it is they that act as a kind of connecting link between all the ingredients. This begs the question: is it possible to make batter without an egg? Yes you can. It will be especially popular during the fasting period.
To prepare a high-quality batter without adding eggs, you need to take a glass of ordinary wheat flour (you can replace pea flour if desired), add to it half a teaspoon of soda (without a hill), a pinch of salt, as well as a small amount of finely chopped dill. Next, a small amount of water should be poured here, which should be done gradually, whisking everything in parallel with a fork or whisk. As a result of this action, a homogeneous mass should be obtained, which in its consistency will resemble sour cream. Culinary experts do not recommend adding a large amount of water to such a batter and making it too liquid - in this case, it will simply drain from the product, which will be fried in it. As for the recommendations regarding frying, a large amount of oil should not be added to the pan - the bottom of the fryer should only be greased with it.
Some housewives recommend adding a minimum amount of ground nutmeg to the batter in such a batter on the water and without using eggs - it will give the finished dish a piquant taste and aroma.
On vodka
Many housewives are well aware of the recipe for beer batter for chicken, but the fact that it can be made using another type of alcohol - vodka is a surprise for many. As practice shows, when using such an ingredient to create an enveloping sauce, the dish prepared in it becomes especially juicy and soft. In particular, in a batter with vodka, fish is perfectly fried - it is for her that it is better to use it.
To prepare the mixture, you need to take one egg yolk and slightly beat it with a pinch of salt. After that, a tablespoon of ordinary vodka, as well as a small amount of spices that will suit your taste, should be poured into a bowl with the resulting mass. Next, to the listed ingredients, gradually add flour, which in total will need about 50-100 g. In parallel, the mass should be beaten so that it does not contain lumps. In the event that, according to the results of using the indicated amount of flour, the batter is thick, it is necessary to add to it a minimum amount of iced purified water.
In such a batter, it is necessary to dip the fish pieces (pre-dried) abundantly and fry them in a small amount of oil. As for concerns about the alcoholic aroma of the dish, it will completely evaporate during the heat treatment, the characteristic taste of vodka will also not.
With mineral water
The batter made on the basis of mineral water is very pleasant to taste. In addition, it turns out quite airy and crispy. It is possible to cook any products in it, including even vegetables.
To create a crispy batter, you must first divide the four chicken eggs into proteins and yolks. After this, the yolks should be ground in a separate bowl with a teaspoon of sugar and half that amount of salt. Then you need to add some favorite spices and herbs, including rosemary and basil. After that, it is necessary to send half a glass of mineral water and milk to the mass, and then beat everything up again with a mixer (until uniformity is formed).
In a separate bowl, beat the whites until they turn into a white mass (about three minutes). As soon as this happens, they should be poured into the general container with a thin stream, whipping an almost ready batter. Then there you have to send 1.5 cups of flour, pouring it a little and at the same time whisking with a mixer so that the consistency is smooth, without the formation of lumps.
Potato batter
An excellent option for frying meat is a batter made from potatoes and eggs. To create it, it is necessary to peel the three medium tubers from the peel, wash them and grate on a medium grater. After that, an egg and a couple of tablespoons of flour should be sent to the resulting mass. Now mix all the ingredients well, salt them to taste, add spicy spices, black pepper. After that, stir the finished mass again - now it can be used to prepare the dish.
In the process of frying the ingredients in such a batter, it is necessary to use a large amount of sunflower oil - so the crust will turn out to be more ruddy and crispy.
Sweet batter
Not everyone knows that insanely delicious fruits are fried in batter. For this, of course, it is necessary to prepare a sweet enveloping mass, which can be made according to the recipe proposed here. This batter is prepared on the basis of eggs and sour cream.
To create it, you need to take three chicken eggs, and then divide them into proteins and yolks. After this, the proteins must be beaten with a mixer until a lush white mass is formed, and then sent to the refrigerator for the time being until other ingredients are prepared.
In another bowl, grate the egg yolks thoroughly with a couple tablespoons of sugar. Then, a small amount of vanillin (literally on the tip of the knife), as well as half a glass of sour cream and the same amount of milk should be added to the resulting mixture. After this, you should gradually pour a glass of flour here, while stirring it with all the ingredients. If this is not done, then in the finished mass there may be lumps, which should not be. At this stage, the dough is pretty thick. In order for it to become liquid, another 50 ml of milk must be poured into it. At the very end, cold proteins are introduced into the total mass, all components should be thoroughly beaten again so that the ingredients are evenly distributed. Now the mixture can be used.
The batter prepared according to this recipe can be used for frying apples - they are the most harmoniously combined with it.
Another easy batter
Consider another way of making a classic batter for fish. It is best used for frying river types of product, since it is they who are characterized by some dryness, and this mixture, prepared with the addition of vegetable oil, will perfectly eliminate it.
To create a batter according to the recipe proposed here, it is necessary to divide four chicken eggs into proteins and yolks. After this, the proteins should be sent to the refrigerator (so they will be better beaten), and the yolks should be combined with half a tablespoon of sunflower oil and 0.5 cups of boiled water, cooled to a warm state. After mixing the listed ingredients, they should add a pinch of salt, a small amount of black ground pepper and other spices to taste.
In order to make the batter more magnificent, to prepare it, it is necessary to sift 125 g of flour, then gradually introduce it into the total mass, constantly mixing it so that there are no lumps.
In a separate bowl, beat the whites with a mixer until white foam forms. When this happens, the protein mass should be poured in a thin stream to the combined ingredients.
With nuts
If you want to make a delicious batter from eggs for chops, then you must add nuts to it that will make the taste of the finished dish more vivid.
To prepare it, grind with a mortar 100 g of walnuts or 50 g of almonds, then add to them a chicken egg and 100 g of white dry wine. The ingredients should be mixed well, add a pinch of salt to them, as well as a small amount of ground black pepper and dried rosemary. After that, you need to add a little flour to the components, constantly mixing the mass. The result should be a batter. After thoroughly beating, the batter can be used to fry the meat.
Sweet with cream
To prepare sweet fruits in batter, you must use a batter consisting of the appropriate ingredients. In order to prepare a sweet and very tender batter, you need to take three egg yolks and carefully rub them with a tablespoon of sugar. Next, add a small amount of salt to the ingredients, as well as a small amount of ground nutmeg, which will give the finished dish a luxurious spicy aroma.
After that, half a glass of cream should be introduced into the mass. To prepare batter according to this recipe, it is necessary to use the fattest product - it will provide the density of the dough. When the whipping process is completed, a small amount of pre-sifted flour should be added to the mass in the amount that will be necessary to give the mass the consistency of liquid sour cream. When the batter is brought to the desired consistency, it can be used to prepare the dish. Fry fruit wrapped in such a mass, it is necessary in melted and well-heated butter.
On starch
The batter made on the basis of eggs and starch is an excellent tool that accompanies the process of frying both meat and fish. It is very simple to cook. To do this, it is enough to take 2.5 tablespoons of ordinary potato starch, add a couple of eggs to it, as well as spices that will be to your taste (black pepper and salt must be among them). After that, all the ingredients should be slightly mixed, placed in a bowl of an immersion blender and beat thoroughly until a uniform consistency is formed.
In order to give such a bite a special pungent flavor and aroma, some culinary experts advise adding a small amount of lemon juice or dry rosemary to it.