GMA Recipe: Crispy Zucchini Sticks with Olive Dip

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Crispy Zucchini Sticks with Olive Dip
From GMA's Food Editor, Sara Moulton
December 31, 2002

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup beer

1 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup Kalamata olives, pitted

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

2 medium zucchini

Vegetable oil for deep frying

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions
1. Whisk 1 cup of the flour with the beer in a large bowl until smooth. Pour through a strainer into another bowl and let stand for 1 hour. Thin with additional beer just before frying if thicker than pancake batter.

2. Meanwhile, mix the mayonnaise with the olives and lemon juice in a small bowl. Thin and 1 to 2 tablespoons water, if you like.

3. Keep covered in the refrigerator until ready to serve the zucchini.

4. Cut the zucchini into sticks that measure 1/4 inch wide and two inches long. Heat two inches of oil in a large deep saucepan until a deep-fat frying thermometer reaches 35 degrees F.

5. Combine the remaining 1/2 cup flour with salt and pepper in a shallow bowl or pie plate. Add the zucchini and toss to cover in flour.

6. Transfer to a strainer and shake to remove excess flour. Working in batches, dip in the batter, letting the excess drip off.

7. Fry in batches until golden brown and crisp, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt. Serve the olive mayonnaise on the side for dipping.

Recipe courtesy of Sara Moulton from her cookbook, "Sara Moulton Cooks at Home," © 2002.