Ingredients
For the sauce:
- 1/3 cup honey mustard
- 1/3 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup Champagne vinegar
- 2 teaspoons black or yellow mustard seeds, toasted
- 1 teaspoon minced shallots
- Sea salt
For the batter:
- 1 cup uncooked Arborio rice
- 1 cup semolina
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 pound cleaned calamari (not giant squid)
- 2 cups assorted mushrooms of your choice, cleaned, trimmed, and sliced if large
- 1 medium fennel bulb, sliced lengthwise 1/8-inch thick
- 1 lemon, very thinly sliced (discard ends)
- Buttermilk, for moistening
- Peanut or canola oil, for deep-frying
Directions
Sauce:
Whisk together mustards, vinegar, mustard seeds, and shallots. Add salt, to taste.
Batter:
Grind the rice in a blender until very fine. In a bowl, stir together the ground rice, semolina, flour, salt, and pepper.
Heat several inches of oil to 375 degrees F in a deep fryer or a wide, deep, heavy pot. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F.
Slit the calamari bodies open so they lie flat. Place calamari (bodies and tentacles), mushrooms, fennel, and lemon in separate bowls. Toss each with enough buttermilk to moisten them. Dip the calamari generously in the rice batter, using enough to fully coat.
Working in batches (it's important not to overcrowd the pot), fry until golden brown and crisp, and then transfer to a tray lined with paper towels. Season immediately with salt. Transfer to a low oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining calamari.
Coat and fry the mushrooms, fennel, and lemon slices in the same way, working in batches and transferring them to the low oven as they are done.
Put a generous pool of mustard sauce on each plate, then top with an assortment of fried squid, mushrooms, fennel, and lemon.
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By cathydpunklover...
bronx, NY
on July 13, 2007
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The were oh so good. My family and I couldn't stop eating these because they were soo good! Oh but I couln't do the mustard sauce though.
By katmat3_7362584
MACUNGIE, PA
on March 04, 2007
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THIS IS THE ULTIMATE FRIED CALAMARI COATING. I'VE TRIED MORE THAN I CAN REMEMBER, BUT THE ARBORIO RICE AND SEMOLINA FLOUR ADDITION MAKES IT THE CRISPIEST EVER. I'VE EVEN MADE IT, FROZEN IT AND REHEATED IT IN A HOT OVEN, AND IT WAS AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TIME...
By dramaqueen27_52...
Grand Rapids, MI
on August 03, 2006
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Okay, I haven't accually tried this, but I clicked on it when I saw the "Last Minute Dinners" thing. Who has calamari and fennel just lying around? Not Me!
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