CRUMBED CHEESY FENNEL FRITTERS

I love fennel, its flavour and it is the most attractive vegetable .....well we eat with our eyes!! Ingredients....150gm of plain flour, cracked black pepper, 2 eggs, lightly beaten, 125ml of milk, 80 gm of breadcrumbs 80gm of finely grated Parmesan, 1 tbs of chopped fennel fronds, 2 fennel bulbs , sliced into 8mm thick slices, rice bran / canola oil for frying, lemon quarters to serve. Place the flour and pepper in a shallow bowl. Place the beaten eggs and milk in another shallow bowl. Finally mix together the breadcrumbs, fennel fronds and cheese in the third shallow bowl. Preheat your deep fryer/ large saucepan with the oil that should 1/4 fill your fryer/ pot. Heat to about 170 deg C. Dip each slice of fennel in the seasoned flour, then in the egg mixture followed by the breadcrumb mix. Add the fennel fritters in batches to the heated oil and cook until golden brown. Serve with a sprinkle of Italian herb mix and a drizzle of lemon.