Cauliflower Fritters, Anyone?

[warmsecondrinse]

Had dinner at a friend's house Sunday evening and tried them for the first time. HEAVENLY!!!

I didn't get details but he told me he made them pretty much the same way he made latki/latkas. I preferred them with sour cream but that might just be cultural conditioning;-)

Has anyone ever heard of them or tried them?

Jim

 

[toploader55]

Sounds Delish.

I have made Cauliflower Cous Cous.

Fritters made like Latkas ? Sounds easy and Great. I'll have to see if the test kitchen is open in Melrose.

I here they cook up great on a Induction Cook top ; )

 

[mikael3]

Were they made with matzo or flour?  With onions?  It sounds really good. 

 

Spanish and Mexican cooks make something similar (maybe the same), called tortitas, with any kind of chopped vegetable.  They’re delicious.  For tortitas de coliflor, cook the cauliflower florets till tender, mash them, add some dried breadcrumbs, an egg, some salt and pepper, and some minced onion.  Then shape them into little patties and fry them up.  Some people crumble some queso fresco or panela into the mix.  A lot of people use pulverized saltines instead if breadcrumbs, but if you do, watch the salt!  Matzo meal would be equally good, maybe better.

 

[kevin313]

These sound wonderful - love anything cauliflower!

I haven't had a fritter, but was at a restaurant not to long ago that had cauliflower croquettes. These were probably close to the fritter, but I think a fritter is something that is filled and a croquette is something where the batter is combined with the filling. But in my book fried batter + cauliflower = deelish!

 

[vacerator]

my grandma

used to make them all the time. We tried some frozen ones recently and they weren't bad.
Tempura batter will work like with any vegetable.

 

[panthera]

Sounds heavenly

Cauliflower is an underrated winter vegetable.

 

[vacerator]

I cook

a head of the brassica variety of flower in chicken stock, then mash it like potatoes.