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Ingredients
- 1 cup very fine flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4 cups milk
- 12 medium-size soft-shell crabs, freshly cleaned
- 3 cups vegetable oil
- 1 bunch fresh Italian parsley, chopped
- 6 lemons, sliced in wedges
Method
- Mix the flour and eggs and whisk until entirely creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the salt, pepper and milk.
- Whisk 1 more minute.
- Add the crabs and cover.
- Chill 4 hours.
- To cook the crabs, heat the oil until it is very hot in a heavy pan over medium heat.
- Fry 2 crabs at once, until lightly browned, 3 minutes each side.
- Drain.
- Serve with parsley and lemons.
