With a crisp coating and a tender, flaky texture, this beer battered fish is a deep-fried masterpiece ... thick white fish filet will do, such as haddock, halibut, hake, or pollock.

Deep-fried pizza was a staple of my Scottish childhood ... like Easdale's Puffer Bar's ale-battered haddock with pea puree or Stonehaven's The Bay, where your haddock was landed that morning ...