Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese – Create Bake Make

Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese You are going to love these Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese – they are the perfect simple midweek dinner or snack and they are also perfect for lunch boxes too! These light and crispy Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese really are the perfect easy dinner or snack. This recipe will make around 24 fritters (you can certainly make them smaller to make the batch go further) and they are also freezer friendly. Cauliflower Fritter Ingredients: To cook, I like to use either olive oil or ghee in my frying pan. You will need to add approximately ½ tablespoon of your choice of oil after every 2 – 3 batches of fritters cooked. How to Make Cauliflower Fritters: Making these Fritters is very easy, you simply need to: My Tips for Making these Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese: You are going to love these Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese – they are the perfect simple midweek dinner or snack and they are also perfect for lunch boxes too! 3.88 from 33 votesPlace the cauliflower florets into a food processor and blitz until they turn into small pieces. Transfer to a large bowl.Add the crushed garlic, onion flakes, grated zucchini, chopped bacon, parmesan cheese and tasty cheese to the bowl with the cauliflower and add the self raising flour before stirring well to combine.Beat the eggs in a small bowl lightly with a fork and add salt and pepper to taste. Add the eggs along with ¼ cup of water to the bowl with the cauliflower mixture and stir. Gradually add the extra water and stir until you have a thick batter – please note you may not need all of the water depending on the size of the cauliflower and zucchini that you used.Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium to high heat and use a ¼ measuring cup to scoop up the batter and place the fritter mixture into your pan. Use a spoon to gently spread the mixture into a circle between ½cm – 1cm thick. You should be able to fit approximately six fritters (or even more depending on the size of your pan) into your frying pan.Cook the Cauliflower Cheese and Bacon Fritters for 5 minutes on each side until they are crisp and golden brown before transferring to a plate and covering them with foil so they stay warm while you cook the next batch. Repeat until all the Cauliflower Cheese and Bacon Fritters have been cooked.Thermomix InstructionsPlace the parmesan and tasty cheese which has been cut into 3cm chunks into your Thermomix bowl and mix for 7 seconds on speed 9 to grate. Transfer to a separate bowl until needed.Without washing the bowl, add the Zucchini (which has been cut into 3cm pieces) and bacon into your Thermomix bowl and mix for 4 seconds on speed 6. If you would like it cut into smaller pieces, mix for a further 2 seconds. Transfer to the bowl with the grated cheese.Without washing the bowl, add the cauliflower florets, garlic clove and onion flakes to your Thermomix bowl and mix for 7 seconds on speed 8 or until they resemble rice.  If there are still large pieces in your Thermomix bowl, scrape the sides and blitz for a further 3 seconds on speed 6.Add the grated cheeses, bacon and zucchini, along with 2 eggs, 300g of self raising flour, and HALF a cup of water to your Thermomix bowl in that order – please note you may not need all of the water depending on the size of the cauliflower and zucchini that you used.. Mix for 15 seconds on speed 4 REVERSE to combine the ingredients. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and if your mixture is still a little dry, add the remaining ¼ cup of water and mix for a further 15 seconds on speed 4 REVERSE or until combined.Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium to high heat and use a ¼ measuring cup to scoop up the batter and place the fritter mixture into your pan. Use a spoon to gently spread the mixture into a circle between ½cm – 1cm thick. You should be able to fit approximately six fritters (or even more depending on the size of your pan) into your frying pan.Cook the Cauliflower Cheese and Bacon Fritters for 5 minutes on each side until they are crisp and golden brown before transferring to a plate and covering them with foil so they stay warm while you cook the next batch. Repeat until all the Cauliflower Cheese and Bacon Fritters have been cooked.Calories: 88kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 19mgSodium: 99mgPotassium: 122mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 93IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 78mgIron: 1mg Keyword Dinners, Freezer Friendly, Lunch Box, Thermomix Tried this recipe? Please leave a rating and tag me on Instagram! Mention @createbakemake or tag #createbakemake!Looking for more savoury ideas? Grab your copy of Snack Attack, available in both regular and Thermomix versions from our eBook store. OMG! hun these look and sound fabulous! The best combo of flavours how great is cauli, cheese and bacon? We do a quick pasta with the same favours and its the bomb. I can totally understand why your whipping these up regularly! My kinda yumness hun. Big thanks to linking up to YWF too. xx Can’t wait to make these. Any chance we could have a picture when we print the recipe. 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