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Celeriac Slices in Batter

4 servings

Ingredients

• Celery root (nach Bedarf)
• Salt (nach Bedarf)
• Pepper (nach Bedarf)
• Fat (for deep frying) (nach Bedarf)
• 100 g Flour
• 1 Stk Egg yolk
• 1 Stk Egg white
• 0.12 L beer (or milk)

Instructions

1. Peel celeriac and cut into 1 cm thick slices.
2. Cook almost soft in boiling salted water, then let cool.
3. Salt and pepper the slices.
4. For the batter: whisk 100 g flour with one egg yolk, a pinch of salt and 0.125 L beer (or milk) until smooth.
5. Gently fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.
6. Dip the celeriac slices in the batter and deep fry in plenty of hot fat until golden brown.
7. Serve with green salad or tomato sauce.

Based on a cookbook by Hans Hofer (1964), adapted with AI.