Mini hot dogs

Tamara West

Ingredients

6	Pork sausages (Main)
1 cup	Maize flour, sifted
¼ cup	Flour
1 tsp	Baking powder
1 tsp	Sugar
1 tsp	Salt
1	Lemon, zest
1	Egg
1 cup	Buttermilk

Directions

1. Twist sausages in half to make 12, then gently boil to pre-cook them. Cool and remove their skins.
2. Sift fine maize flour with flour and baking powder into a bowl.
3. Add salt,sugar, the zest of a lemon and mix.
4. Beat egg and buttermilk together until smooth.
5. Add to the flour and whisk to a thick batter (add a little milk if necessary to get a pouring consistency).
6. Pour into a screwtop jar and rest in the fridge.
7. Stick the sausages with skewers.
8. Shake the batter in the jar and dip each sausage so they're well coated.
9. Deep fry until golden.