Fried Sage Leaves - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup vegetable oil
flour, for dusting
30 sage leaves (or more)
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, to taste
1 tablespoon lemon juice, to taste (mince or press the garlic into the lemon juice first to take the bite off)
salt

Preparation

place the vegetable oil in a skillet and heat over medium heat.
combine the mayo, olive oil, garlic and lemon juice into a dipping sauce. season with salt as necessary.
lightly dust the sage leaves with flour, shaking off any excess. drop into the hot oil and cook until crispy and bright green, ~30 seconds. remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
serve with the dipping sauce. you can experiment with other savory sauces as well, though the sage leaves are rather fragile, so you will need to be careful.