The squid had to be used, and I was pressed for time....why? Because my nap took longer than I thought it would. So I only started to prep this at about 6 pm and we had a 7 pm zoom call.
I used Melissa Clark's Scallion Pancake with Squid recipe. Pretty straight forward, I had all the ingredients and didn't need to finagle anything! The squid was beautiful, once again from Fresh Direct. Bodies were cut into rings and tentacles were cut in half. Batter ingredients were measured and prepped and pan was heated by 6:45, so in went half the batter and it cooked up nicely. Then came the hard part!
I used a straight-sided pan, which was very stupid of me. A sloping sided pan would have allowed the spatula to get under the pancake much more easily. The pancake broke up and had to be turned in pieces. Not a problem in terms of taste, but presentation of a lovely dish was out of the question.
The taste was quite nice, in fact, very good! In the future I would add more liquid than the called for 2 cups. The batter was very thick and that may have caused the turning issues as it wasn't going to flow into itself and create a solid surface. The dipping sauce was very good and accented the seafood quality perfectly.
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| finished messy product, but the taste was great |
