Cauliflower Fritter
This cauliflower fritter recipe is such a delicious way to enjoy cauliflower, perfect for the very young (baby-led weaning) older kids and of course adults.
Why This Recipe Works
- Tasty way to eat your veggies
- Easy to make
- A different way to serve cauliflower
Ingredients you will need
To make my cauliflower fritter recipe you will of course need cauliflower. To flavour the cauliflower patties I also include onion, parmesan cheese, garlic powder and parsley. Egg, flour and olive oil work together as the binders to form the cauliflower fritters.
Ingredients Notes and Substitutes
- Cauliflower: You can actually turn this recipe into a broccoli fritter recipe by substituting the cauliflower for broccoli.
- Onion: The onion can be left out of this recipe. The pattie will still come together but the flavour will be different.
- Parsley: This can be substituted for chives, or left out entirely
- Parmesan cheese: This can be left out, but you may need to season with a little extra salt to carry the cauliflwer flavour.
- Garlic powder: This is optional, you might like to try another flavouring like paprika.
Step by step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make cauliflower fritters, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Roughly chop the cauliflower and onion, blitz in a food processor until 'riced'.
Step two: Transfer the riced onion and cauliflower to a microwave-proof bowl, cover with cling film, and microwave on high power for 3 mins. Leave to stand with the cling film in place and continue steaming for 5 minutes.
Step three: Remove the cling film, add all the remaining ingredients to the riced cauliflower; eggs, flour, olive oil, parmesan, garlic powder, parsley, salt, and pepper, and mix well.
Step four: Heat a frypan or skillet to a medium heat, grease with oil or butter
Step five: Place scoops of the cauliflower fritter onto the hot skillet, press with a spatula to flatten into a fritter approximately 1-1.5 cm thick.
Step six: Flip once golden brown on the underside (approximately 3 minutes) and cook until the second side is also golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel-lined dish. Continue until all the cauliflower fritter mix is cooked.
Step seven: Serve with sour cream or aioli
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Top Tips
Here is how you can make this cauliflower fritter recipe perfectly every time!
- Be generous with the oil/butter when frying your fritters, they are nicer when they crisp up.
- Make sure your skillet is not too hot when cooking these firtters as they can burn on the outside before cooked on the inside if cooked on a high heat.
- These fritters are quite delicate at the start of the cooking process, so flip them gently, once cooked and flipped they are more robust.
- If you are serving this to a child under one year of age, skip any extra salt as the parmesan cheese is salty.
FAQs
Yes if the cauliflower is cooked in a way that it is squishable when pressed with a finger, fritters made out of cauliflower are perfect finger food.
No, this cauliflower fritter recipe does not freeze and reheat well.
Sour cream or aioli are a perfect match with cauliflower fritters. They work brilliantly with a poached egg and either smoked salmon or bacon as well.
Cauliflower Fritter
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Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 900g cauliflower 1 small/medium head
- 100 g onion 1 small onion, ½ a large onion.
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup flour
- 2 Tablespoon olive oil
- 3 Tablespoon grated parmesan
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 Tablespoon parsley
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Roughly chop the cauliflower and onion, blitz in a food processor until 'riced'.
- Transfer the riced onion and cauliflower to a microwave proof bowl, cover with cling film and microwave on high power for 3 mins. Leave to stand with the cling film in place and continue steaming for 5 minutes.
- Remove cling film, add all the remaining ingredients to the riced cauliflower; eggs, flour, olive oil, parmesan, garlic powder, parsley, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Heat a fry pan or skillet to a medium heat, grease with oil or butter
- Place scoops of the cauliflower fritter onto the hot skillet, press with a spatula to flatten into a fritter approximately 1-1.5 cm thick.
- Flip once golden brown on the underside (approximately 3 minutes) and cook until the second side is also golden brown. Transfer to a paper towel lined dish
- Continue until all the cauliflower fritter mix is cooked.
- Serve with sour cream or aioli.
Notes
Ingredient substitutes
- Cauliflower: You can actually turn this recipe into a broccoli fritter recipe by substituting the cauliflower for broccoli.
- Onion: The onion can be left out of this recipe. The pattie will still come together but the flavour will be different.
- Parsley: This can be substituted for chives, or left out entirely
- Parmesan cheese: This can be left out, but you may need to season with a little extra salt to carry the cauliflwer flavour.
- Garlic powder: This is optional, you might like to try another flavouring like paprika.
Tips
- Be generous with the oil/butter when frying your fritters, they are nicer when they crisp up.
- Make sure your skillet is not too hot when cooking these fritters as they can burn on the outside before cooked on the inside if cooked on a high heat.
- These fritters are quite delicate at the start of the cooking process, so flip them gently, once cooked and flipped they are more robust.
- If you are serving this to a child under one year of age, skip any extra salt as the parmesan cheese is salty.
- Sour cream or aioli are a perfect match with cauliflower fritters. They work brilliantly with a poached egg and either smoked salmon or bacon as well.
- These cauliflower fritters do not freeze and reheat well, but will store in the fridge for a couple of days and are delicious cold.
I'd love to try these! But is there an alternative cooking method other than using cling film and a microwave?
Any way you can steam the cauliflower is fine
Delicious! I love everything cauliflower and this recipe is so easy and so delicious. Preschooler and hubby approved too. Love starting the day with veggies!