Battered Savs

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You know what they are. Here in New Zealand we often called them "hot dogs", but to Americans these are "corn dogs" which often use frankfurters. So that's why I give them their Aussie name: "battered savs", mate!

Battered savs, it's all in the name: don't beat your meat too hard.

Ingredients

• ⅔ cup cornmeal
• ⅓ cup flour
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ cup milk
• 1 beaten egg
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• cooking oil for deepfrying
• ~10 saveloys, maybe more
• as many skewers as saveloys

Guidelines

Preheat the deepfrying oil to 190°C.

Combine all dry ingredients; then add the wet ingredients and mix it all into a thick batter.

Stick a wooden skewer up each saveloy's end.

Coat a saveloy with flour, then completely smother it in batter.

Fry a few battered savs at a time in the hot oil, until they are golden-brown.

Serve with tomato sauce and/or mild mustard sauce—you can dip the end in the sauce, as they are normally served from food carts at fairs.