Homemade Vegetable Fritters are a French delight. These vegetarian fritters are so full of flavour and body and so quick to make. Serve as part of a main dish, a snack or starter with a dip for a classically simple dish. Don’t forget, keep the butternut squash seeds, dry them, fry them and perfect little nibbles.

Homemade Vegetable Fritters

A lovely vegetarian recipe that works as a starter, main dish and snack

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Course: Main Dish, Snack, Starter

Cuisine: French

Keyword: Eggs, Fry, Vegetables, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 20

Servings: People

Calories: 511kcal

Ingredients

▢ 150 g butternut squash halved/deseeded/grated
▢ 198 g sweetcorn tin/drain
▢ 50 g flour self raising
▢ 1 large eggs free range
▢ 2 large scallions peel/slice finely
▢ 4 tbsp oil sunflower/vegetable/olive
▢ salt
▢ ground black pepper

Instructions

In a mixing bowl add the egg and flour and whisk thoroughly.
50 g flour, 1 large eggs
Add the butternut squash, sweetcorn and half of the scallions and mix together.
150 g butternut squash, 198 g sweetcorn, 2 large scallions
Season with salt and pepper and stir again.
salt, ground black pepper
Add a frying pan to a medium heat and add the oil.
4 tbsp oil
While waiting for the oil to heat up, divide the ingredients into six equal portions. Dampen your hands and mould the portions into fritters.
When hot, add the fritters to the oil in batches and fry for 2 ½ – 3 minutes before flipping over and frying the other side. They should be golden brown and lovely and crispy.
Remove the fritters from the pan when cooked and place on kitchen paper towel to drain any excess oil.
Serve warm/hot as part of a meal of with a dip as a snack/starter with the remaining sliced scallion sprinkled over the fritters.
2 large scallions

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Homemade Vegetable Fritters