Zucchini and Mascarpone Fritters

5 from 6 votes

These zucchini and mascarpone fritters combine tasty vegetables with egg yolk, mascarpone cheese and lots of herbs for a fun lunch or light dinner option. A vegetarian and low histamine recipe.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American, British

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 138kcal

Author: Claire

Ingredients

2 medium zucchini grated
¼ cup spelt flour
1 garlic clove minced or finely diced
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoon mascarpone cheese
1 tablespoon chives diced
2 tablespoon mint diced
pinch salt
pinch black pepper optional
1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

Place the grated zucchini in a clean tea towel, pull up by the corners and squeeze (over the sink) out as much liquid as possible.
Add all the ingredients to a bowl, except the olive oil. Stir very thoroughly until you have a fairly wet batter. If it seems too wet then add a touch more flour.
Drizzle the oil into a pan, and then on a medium heat spoon a couple of tablespoon of your fritter 'batter' into your hands. Roll into a ball, then place in the pan. Press down on the fritter with a spatula to form the fritter shape.
Cooking time will vary depending on how thick the fritter is. Fry for 3-5 minutes until golden brown. Carefully flip with a spatula to cook the other side. You may need to add a little more oil to the pan if it gets too dry as you cook the fritters.

Notes

Ensure that you squeeze as much liquid out of the zucchini as you can so that the batter isn't too wet.
You may need to add more oil to the pan as you fry the fritters if you are doing so individually.
If you are gluten free then please note that spelt flour does contain gluten. I haven't used another flour, but I would think gluten free flour should work fine.
Please note that nutritional information is offered as a courtesy. It is auto-generated and should be understood to be an estimate.

Swiss Interest Group Histamine Intolerance

All ingredients on the SIGHI list score 0, with the exception of:

garlic and chives, which score 1.
black pepper, which scores 2.
spelt scores 0 but has a ? as a liberator and the note: 'Prefer old varieties. Modern ATI-varieties modified by cultivation are often not well tolerated'.

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