Happy New Year!!!
It feels so wonderful to be back in the kitchen after a beautiful, family filled, food fuelled Christmas break and today we are frying up another batch of fantastic fritters.
It’s no secret that Grace absolutely adores fritters. Gosh, since beginning our blw journey I don’t think a week has gone by where I haven’t cooked up at least one batch of the gorgeously golden darlings. She devours them and todays version chock full of broccoli and cauliflower were no different.
Although this recipe is quite simple, the few ingredients marry together beautifully to create a delicious, light and fluffy fritter perfect for little hands to pick up and nibble on with ease.
I also managed to sneak almost an entire head of broccoli and cauliflower into the batter, so these little babies are bursting with veggie goodness.
If your little one is just beginning their baby led weaning adventure, I can’t recommend this recipe enough. These fritters are what I consider to be the perfect texture for beginners (soft enough to nibble on, yet firm enough not to be crushed by tiny grips) and their shape make them so easy to hold! I also love to freeze left over fritters for another day, just wrap individual portions, pop into a freezer safe container and stash in the deep freeze for up to 3 months.
To create these gorgeously golden broccoli & cauliflower fritters simply…
Begin by chopping 1 head of broccoli and 1 head of cauliflower into small florets.
Bring a large pot of water to the boil, add broccoli and cauliflower florets and cook for 5-7 minutes or until tender. Drain and place the tender florets into a large mixing bowl.
Use a fork to slightly mash the broccoli and cauliflower. Set aside 4 cups to cool (to speed up the cooling process I popped our vege into the fridge for 10 minutes or so).
Add the self raising flour, eggs, dijon mustard and garlic and mix to combine.
Heat a good drizzle of oil in a large frypan over medium-high heat and cook rounded tablespoons of the fritter mixture in batches, for 1-2 minutes on each side or until crisp and golden. Add extra oil as necessary. Place the cooked fritters on kitchen paper to absorb excess oil.
Serve the fritters warm alongside a simple salad of cucumber and roma tomato wedges. Enjoy x
broccoli & cauliflower fritters
INGREDIENTS
1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
1 head broccoli, cut into florets
1 1/3 cups self raising flour
1/2 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
1 heaped teaspoon garlic, minced
1 heaped teaspoon dijon mustard
2 eggs
olive oil, to fry in
wedges of roma tomato and cucumber, to serve
METHOD
Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Add broccoli and cauliflower and cook for 5-7 minutes or until tender. Drain and place into a large mixing bowl. Use a fork to slightly mash the vege. Set aside 4 cups of the vege and allow to cool.
Add the flour, parmesan, garlic, mustard and eggs and mix to combine.
Heat a good drizzle of oil in a large frypan over medium-high heat and cook rounded tablespoons of the fritter mixture in batches, for 1-2 minutes on each side or until crisp and golden. Add extra oil as necessary. Place the cooked fritters on kitchen paper to absorb excess oil.
Serve warm alongside wedges of roma tomato and cucumber. Enjoy x
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Happy new year from Glasgow Scotland! Thank you for this new recipe and all the others, offers me the support to get good food for my kids on the table in quick time, a blessing as time is always short in our house! 😻
Brilliant recipe, it looks simple and flavorful. I’ll try it with gluten free flour. Thanks for sharing and Happy 2015!! 😉
Do you freeze them before or after cooking them? Recipe seems extremely tasty!
This sounds great, look forward to trying it out. I haven’t been having a huge amount of luck with spoon-fed weaning so far, so I stumbled across this while looking for some good BLW recipes! Thank-you 🙂
This looks lovely and I’m going to make it for my little girl this evening. I’m not the best cook so apologies if this is a silly question but when freezing do you just freeze the batter or should you fry it first and then freeze? tIA
Not a silly question at all, I cook the fritters first, allow to cool, wrap individual portions and pop into a freezer safe container. These fritters keep beautifully in the deep freeze for up to 3 months. Good luck and I hope your little girl enjoys them xxx
Going to try these with my 9 month old today…love your recipes!
Just a thought – every time I see your recipes I think “can I freeze these?” – just wondering if there was anyway of finding out on each recipe? Thanks 😀
Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying my recipes! I need to amend my recipe format to include freezing information. These fritters freeze beautifully (in fact most of my recipes do) but I’ll pop this information in to make it clearer. Thanks again and happy cooking x
This recipe was a hit with my little one! Yay! Thank you!
Can these be reheated after defrosting? Thanks in advance.
Hi, these look so tasty and I can’t wait to make them for my little one. We have been doing BLW for only 3 weeks so still trying lots of different things. I am yet to try her with egg. How did you go about it with your little one? I am hoping all goes well so I can then get started on all your recipes.
There are so many different theories about introducing foods (eggs/nuts especially) so its really confusing. At our six month check up with the paediatrician I asked my Dr what is the best method and he said because of our family history of no allergies we could introduce foods from 6 months. He also mentioned a recent study showed the delayed introduction of foods like eggs/nuts is linked to allergies so its best to introduce a greater variety of food from an early age. That said you should really chat to your health care practitioner so they can take into account your family history and specific circumstances. I hope this helps. X
Is it absolutely necessary to include the self-rising flour?
Hi thanks for your delicious recipes! Just wondering what is the best way to re-heat these once you take them out of the freezer?
Hi! I absolutely love your reciepes. Thanks so much for the inspiration! Do you think I could use frozen and thawed cauliflower and broccoli for this recipe?
Oh man, my 8 month old dug into these like there was no tomorrow! Thanks so much for the fabulous, veggie packed recipe! I’ll definitely be giving the other variations a try. I had some leftovers, so I froze them. What is the best way to reheat them? I don’t want them to get soggy since I think he really liked the texture when they’re fresh. Thanks so much!
I made these the other day for my 7 month old and he LOVED them. He picked up every last crumb! I’m still new to this baby led weaning stuff, so we had only done fruit and roasted vegetables before trying this recipe. I had my doubts, especially since he has no teeth (!) but he crushed it. And they’re so tasty, I had a few myself. Thanks for a great recipe!
Hi,
can be used frozen broccoli and cauliflower?
also can be used normal flour?
thank you
Hi – they sure can. Simply defrost them first. And yes, regular plain flour will work BUT you need to add 1 teaspoon baking powder too. Kayla xx
I love these fritters but now my son is seriously allergic to mustard, I cannot use it. Is there something else to use instead to keep the flavor?