Zucchini Fritters Recipe

Zucchini Recipes

Are you desperately in search of a solution to what to do with your abundance of summer squash. Or perhaps you are like me and just love these vegetables and trying out new recipes. Either way, you are sure to find a recipe to please in this very complete cookbook: The Classic Zucchini Cookbook: 225 Recipes for All Kinds of Squash.

Here's another cookbook that has a surprising recipe featuring zucchini and chocolate! It's written by Clotilde Dusoulier a young Frenchwoman with a popular food blog. Chocolate and Zucchini: Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen is not only an excellent introduction to some French classics, it also features many of the author's own innovative recipes.

Food Fit for Angels

When we lived in Corsica we would sometimes get take out food from the local traiteur, which is a sort of delicatessen where you will find all sorts of dishes, prepared fresh that day. It was run by a jovial Corsican woman and her daughter who would always exclaim over our band of toddlers, calling them little angels (des petits anges). The boys particularly liked the zucchini fritters she made, so I started calling the fritters angel food. For the longest time those cute little boys thought that zucchini fritters were really called angel food.

What is a Beignet?

Each region of France has it's own special take on beignets and they are especially popular at Carnaval time in the spring. If you celebrate Mardi Gras in France, you're bound to enjoy these traditional beignets.

In France though beignet also has much broader sense, referring to any sort of pastry made by coating a fruit, vegetable or meat with batter and deep fat frying it. They can be both sweet and savory.

This zucchini fritters recipe calls for mixing the vegetables into the dough itself. You can vary the recipe by adding cumin or maybe a pinch of cayenne or 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese. These make very satisfying appetizers.

• 1 pound zucchini
• 2 eggs
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• oil for frying

Heat about 1/2 inch of oil in a heavy skillet. Drop the batter by tablespoons full into the oil and cook until browned - three to four minutes per side. Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain on absorbent paper towel.

Serve warm. Makes about 20 fritters.

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Other French Recipes . . .

• For a light and easy meal, you could serve these fritters on top of rice and topped with a fresh homemade tomato sauce recipe.
• Go from canape recipes to easy appetizer recipes.
• Learn more about French appetizers.
• Explore other easy vegetable recipes.