Basic Beer batter recipe

Ingredients

¾ cup plain flour

1 bottle of ice-cold beer of your choice (330ml). Ale works well.

½ tsp freshly-ground black pepper

½ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

Directions in

Combine flour and pepper (and cayenne if you are using it) in a large bowl. Slowly pour in the beer, whisking it as you go until it’s smooth. Dip the fish fillets in batter, allowing excess to drip back into the bowl. Then drop the fillet into a deep fryer or deep pot of oil, preheated to 180C and cook until golden brown, removing with a slotted spoon to drain on paper towels.

Cambridge trainer Jo Stevens and driver Peter Ferguson combined to make it a special night for greyhound identity AJ Christiansen at Cambridge Raceway last week. Six-year-old gelding Dynamite Dez, named after Christiansen’s late father, has been riddled with problems throughout his career and has never been able to break through, coming closest with a second two years ago. He finally tasted victory in Race Two for over three year old non-winners edging out Our Benson by a nose after leading into the home straight and holding on at the line. Stevens said Dynamite Dez took luck out of the equation by leading all the way. “That win meant more than anyone could imagine to AJ,” she said.