Sunday, April 6, 2008

Zucchini + Feta Fritters with Tomato Sauce + Yoghurt

Fritters can be a pain in the arse to cook. Another way to cook any kind of fritters is to quickly brown them in a pan on high heat on both sides, then bake at 200C for 5 minutes or so until springy to touch (or you can just eat one and see if it's cooked yet).
Obviously you can serve these fritters with any other sauces or toppings you like, so don't let the suggested ingredients/extra work load put you off making them.


Zucchini Fritters

6 Zucchini

½ t iodised salt

Zest of 1 lemon

6 Spling onions

85g flour

2 eggs

3T parsley

200g feta (preferably the firm type rather than the creamy type)

Olive oil


Tomato Sauce

4T extra virgin olive oil

3 cloves garlic

1 small hot red chili

8 medium tomatoes or 400g tin tomatoes in juice


250g Labneh or thick plain yoghurt to serve


Combine grated zucchini, salt, zest, and chopped spling onions in a bowl and sit for ½ hour while the salt draws the moisture from the zucchini.

Press the mixture into a sieve or squeeze out handfuls to expel excess moisture.

Mix in flour, eggs, parsley and crumbled feta.

Fry spoonfuls of mixture in olive oil over moderate heat until bubbles appear on top, then flip and fry until browned on other side.

When cooked through, drain on paper towels.


Tomato Sauce

Gently fry thinly sliced garlic and chili (seeds removed) until garlic begins to brown.

Add tomatoes and cook approx 10min.


Serve fritters with a dollop of tomato sauce and yoghurt.