Parmesan-Crusted Celery Sticks with Dip

Ingredients

• 1 kg celery stalks
• Salt
• 2 Eggs
• pepper (ground)
• 80 g breadcrumbs
• 2 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan
• oil (for frying)
• 100 g cream cheese
• 2 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 untreated lime
• Cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash, trim, and cut the celery into about 5 cm long sticks. Blanch briefly in salted water, shock in ice water, then pat dry.

2. 2.

   Whisk the cream cheese with mayonnaise until smooth. Squeeze in lime juice and grate some zest; fold both into the dip and season with salt and cayenne pepper.

3. 3.

   Beat the eggs with a pinch of salt and pepper and coat the sticks. Dredge them in the Parmesan‑breadcrumb mixture and fry in hot oil (170 °C) 2–3 minutes until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve with the dip.