Broccoli fritters recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Fritters are a great way of introducing your baby to different vegetables and textures. These are suitable from 10+ months weaning stage* and make a great lunch or dinner. The fritters freeze well too, so are good for batch-cooking!
See method- Makes 8 (2 per serving)
- Takes 30 mins
- 203 calories / serving
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 150g broccoli florets, large florets halved
- 2 tsp olive oil
- ½ red pepper, finely chopped
- 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
- 80g plain flour
- 20g Cheddar, coarsely grated
- 1 spring onion, roughly chopped
- 30g natural yogurt, to serve
- 30g cucumber, cut into 5mm deep strips
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 850kJ 203.0kcal
- Fat
- 9g
- Saturates
- 3g
- Salt
- 0.3g
- Sugars
- 4g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 19.3gProtein 10.6gFibre 3.2g
Method
- Put the broccoli into a steaming basket set over a pan of boiling water and cook over a medium-high heat with the lid on for 5-6 mins until tender, then cool and roughly chop.
- Heat half of the oil in a large frying pan and fry the pepper for 6-7 mins until soft, then allow to cool to room temperature. Add the broccoli and pepper to a food processor with the eggs, flour, cheese and spring onion and blitz together briefly until finely chopped and well combined into a batter.
- Heat the remaining oil in the same frying pan and spoon in 4 spoonfuls of batter (about 8cm in diameter) and fry for 2 mins on one side until golden underneath and starting to look dry on top. Flip and fry for 2 more mins until cooked through. Repeat to make 8 fritters. Keep any extra fritters warm in a low oven or allow to cool before freezing (see tip below).
- Serve with the yogurt for dipping and cucumber on the side.
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Freezing and defrosting guidelines
Layer the fritters in a freezer-proof container with pieces of baking paper in between before freezing. Allow to defrost in the fridge overnight before microwaving or rewarming in a pan until piping hot. In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.
- *This recipe is appropriate for babies progressing through the weaning stages, from around 10-12 months of age. Babies may now be used to 3 meals a day and enjoying more rounded dishes.
- When weaning your baby, introduce allergenic foods one at a time and not before 6 months.
