Recipe: Courgette Flower Fritters

Name: Beignets de fleurs de courgettes
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 24 fleurs de courgettesPâte a frire :80 g de farine1 oeuf (1 jaune et 1 blanc)1 cuiller à soupe de persil simple haché15 cl de laitsel et poivre1cuiller à soupe d'huile d'olives2 litres d'huile de pépins de raisin (pour la friture)

By chef patrick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9/5 (23 reviews) Vegetables

Prep 25 min

Cook 15 min

Total 40 min

Servings 4 serv.

Ingredients for 4 servings

Courgette's flowers fritters recipe for 4 people :
24 courgette (zucchini's) flowers

batter for the fritters :

80g strong flour
1 egg, separated
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
15cl milk

salt and freshly ground pepper

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 litres rapeseed oil

Step-by-step directions

1- Sweep the flowers and cut the stems off. Delicately put them on a tray.

2- Make your batter :

a) Put the flour into a bowl and make a well in the centre. Then, add the salt, pepper egg yolk and olive oil and start whisking the milk in, slowly. Then fold in the parsley.

b) Whisk the egg white until stiff and carefully fold it in the batter.

3- Heat up the rapeseed oil to 150'C (302'F)

4- Grab a courgette flower by the base and gently plunge it into the batter. Then, carefully put it in the fryer. Cook your courgette flower 4 by 4 until golden brown. When done place all the fritters on some kitchen paper.

5- Set your fritters on a nice plate with a dip of spicy tomato sauce.

You can serve these fritters warm as a starter or as an accompaniment.

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