Pea Fritters
These pea fritters or mini pea pancakes were designed originally as a baby-led weaning recipe but have evolved to be a delicious for all ages and stages.
Why This Recipe Works
- Oh so green, quite fun to eat!
- A source of fibre, folate, calcium, protein, and vitamin C
- Gluten-free
- Suitable for baby-led weaning but also delicious for the whole family
Ingredients you will need
To make my Pea Fritters you will need:
- Frozen peas
- Rice flour
- Feta cheese
- Cottage cheese
- Lemon zest
- Mint
- Eggs
- Frozen peas
- Olive oil
Ingredients Notes & Substitutions
- Rice flour: I like to use rice flour in fritters as it is a light flour with a mild flavor and is GF which can be useful, but plain flour can also be used. I have also made this recipe with oats, I blitz the oats to become oat flour before adding the rest of the ingredients.
- Feta cheese: The amount of feta cheese used can be changed depending on who this recipe is being made for, forBLW keep the feta to 50 grams or less as it can be high in salt. As you increase or decrease the feta you can increase/decrease cottage cheese so that the total volume of the cheese remains the same.
- Cottage cheese: This can be substituted for Greek yogurt. See the note above about altering the amount based on the amount of feta used.
- The lemon zest and mint add flavour to the fritters but are not essential. These can be substituted for other fresh herbs like parsley, spring onions or chives,
- Salt: If making for baby-led weaning skip the salt, if its for older members of the family then season to taste.
Peas for Baby-Led Weaning
Frozen peas are one of my favourite ingredients as they are nutritious, affordable and in everyone's freezer!
How to serve peas for baby-led weaning is a question I get asked often.
Peas have a small round shape, depending on their size and your baby's eating ability they could potentially present a choking risk. This can be reduced by ensuring they are cooked soft, and that you gently squash them before you give them to your baby.
To manage peas as finger food, babies will need to have developed their pincer grip. Most babies develop this sometime between 9 and 12 months (there are always some outliers to the norm though)
The best way for babies to develop the pincer grip is to practice, so you may choose to offer peas at meal times before your bub has mastered the pincer grasp, to help them reach this development milestone
Blitzed peas stirred through pasta like in my pea pasta recipe is also a good way to serve peas.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Pea Fritter recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Whizz all ingredients (excluding the second measure of peas) in a food processor until smooth
Step two: Add the second measure of peas and pulse so that there are chunks of peas through the fritter batter. The batter will be quite thick.
Step three: Heat a heavy-based pan on medium to low heat, and add oil so you have a generous coating on the bases of the pan. Allow the oil to heat, a good way to test if the oil is at the right temperature to pan from your fritters is to use a wooden spoon. Pop the end of a wooden spoon into the pan, the oil is at a great temperature if small bubbles fizz around the wooden spoon.Â
Step four: Drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the pan. The mixture is quite thick, so I use a damp spatula to flatten the fritters.
Step five: Cook until golden on both sides
Enjoy!
Top Tips
Here is how you can make these pea fritters perfectly every time!
- Don't have your pan too hot, a medium heat is all you need.
- When you are flattening your fritters with the back of your spatula, dampen your spatula as this will stop the uncooked fritter from sticking to it
- These fritters are yummy in a burger or wrap or with my lemon feta dip
FAQs
Peas have a small round shape, depending on their size and your baby's eating ability they could potentially present a choking risk. This can be reduced by ensuring they are cooked soft, and that you gently squash them before you give them to your baby.
Pea fritters
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Ingredients
- 1 Cup frozen peas cooked as per instructions on pack
- 1 Cup rice flour
- 50 grams Feta cheese 0-100 grams
- ½ Cup Cottage cheese ¼ to ¾ cup.
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 Tablespoon mint
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Cup frozen peas
- olive oil
Instructions
- Whizz all ingredients (excluding the second measure of peas) in a food processor until smooth
- Add the second measure of peas and pulse so that there are chunks of peas through the fritter batter. The batter will be quite thick.
- Heat a heavy-based pan on medium to low heat, and add oil so you have a generous coating on the bases of the pan. Allow the oil to heat, a good way to test if the oil is at the right temperature to pan fro your fritters is to use a wooden spoon. Pop the end of a wooden spoon into the pan, the oil is at a great temperature if small bubbles fizz around the wooden spoon.
- Drop spoonfuls of the mixture into the pan. The mixture is quite thick, so I use a damp spatula to flatten the fritters.
- Cook until golden on both sides
- Enjoy
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Notes
- Don't have your pan too hot, a medium heat is all you need.
- When you are flattening your fritters with the back of your spatula, dampen your spatula as this will stop the uncooked fritter from sticking to it
- These fritters are yummy in a burger or wrap or with my lemon feta dip
- These fritters will freeze. You can freeze them then add them to school lunch boxes, or just to have them on hand as an emergency snack!
- Rice flour: I like to use rice flour in fritters as it is a light flour with a mild flavor and is GF which can be useful, but plain flour can also be used. I have also made this recipe with oats, I blitz the oats to become oat flour before adding the rest of the ingredients.
- Feta cheese: The amount of feta cheese used can be changed depending on who this recipe is being made for, forBLW keep the feta to 50 grams or less as it can be high in salt. As you increase or decrease the feta you can increase/decrease cottage cheese so that the total volume of the cheese remains the same.
- Cottage cheese: This can be substituted for Greek yogurt. See the note above about altering the amount based on the amount of feta used.
- The lemon zest and mint add flavour to the fritters but are not essential. These can be substituted for other fresh herbs like parsley, spring onions or chives,
- Salt: If making for baby-led weaning skip the salt, if it's for older members of the family then season to taste.
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These look really good and I think my kids would love them! Makes them a bit of fun being green too! Looking forward to seeing your Halloween stuff and your photos are great! 🙂
Could you use more cottage cheese instead of feta? Or cheddar/Edam? Thanks!
I swap for cheddar all the time ? I confess to using kind of the dried out old cheddar at the end of the block and it works well
Thanks!
I am confused - just made these and it is a flat fritter not even close to a pancake. What am I doing wrong?
Oh i'm not sure. It sounds like your mix may have been too liquid.
I am making a batch right now and just tried one. It is so good! I hope the kids will like them tomorrow.