Vegan Faux-sh and Chips (Banana Blossom recipe)

Serves 2

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 15-20minutes

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 x tin Banana Blossom (we used Plant Pioneers)
• 200ml vegetable oil, we’ve used LEON Picual

Batter:

• 130g GF flour
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1tsp turmeric
• 2 tbsp LEON Burger Sauce
• 1tsp fine sea salt
• 1tbsp lemon juice
• Dill 10g
• 300ml sparkling water, straight from the fridge

Flour Dusting:

• 130g flour
• 1 sheet nori, blitzed or ground in a pestle and mortar
• Salt
• 10g fresh dill, plus extra for garnish
• LEON Waffle fries
• Pea-Lentiful, to serve

METHOD:

1. Drain the banana blossoms and carefully remove from your tin, be careful as they’re delicate!
2. In separate bowls, combine the ingredients for the flour mixture and whisk together the ingredients for the batter.
3. In a pot or wok, heat the frying oil. You’ll want about 2inches of oil to shallow fry, they don’t need to be fully submerged, as you can turn them half-way.
4. Coat the banana blossoms in the flour mixture. Then dip them in the batter. Carefully lower them in the oil. Let them fry for about 4-5 minutes until golden brown, flipping them once halfway through.
5. Transfer the fried banana blossoms onto a kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
6. Serve with LEON Pea-Lentiful dip and sweet potato fries.
7. Top with dill and a wedge of lemon.

TIP: If you have a little more time, mix about 50g of LEON Burger sauce with a little water until slightly lose and add your banana blossoms to the mix to marinade for 30minutes before you coat them, it will deliver even more flavour.