Air-fryer courgette & feta fritters

Make these fritters for your next picnic. A favourite with the family, serve with yogurt, or alongside a lunchtime salad or poached eggs for brunch

Prep:25 mins
Cook:40 mins
plus 1 hr resting

Serves 8
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 113
fat 6g
saturates 2g
carbs 9g
sugars 0g
fibre 1g
protein 5g
salt 0.5g

Ingredients

3 courgettes (about 650g), coarsely grated
75g feta
4 spring onions , finely sliced
15g parsley , finely chopped
10g dill , finely chopped
25g plain flour
1 egg
50g breadcrumbs
vegetable or sunflower oil , for air-frying
yogurt drizzled with olive oil, to serve

Method

Put the courgette in a large bowl, sprinkle over 1 tsp salt, mix to combine and leave for 1 hr. Tip the courgette into a colander or sieve and drain any liquid, then put the courgette into a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Put in a clean bowl (or dry out the previous one).
Crumble in the feta, then mix in the spring onions, parsley and dill. Sprinkle in the flour, toss to combine, then mix in the egg and the breadcrumbs. Form into around eight fritters and arrange on a plate or tray. Brush each side with oil.
Heat the air-fryer to 180C, then put the fritters in a single layer and cook for 12 mins. Turn and cook for another 5-8 mins until golden and firm (you may need to do this in two batches). Serve with yogurt drizzled with a little olive oil, if you like, or alongside a salad for lunch, or poached eggs for brunch. Grind over some black pepper.

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