Sweetcorn, Feta & Courgette Fritters with Mexican Bean Salad
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Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 10 mins
Crispy seasonal fritters with all sorts of tender treats within, turning a mix of nutty sweetcorn, creamy courgette and savoury feta into crunchy golden parcels of deliciousness, with a fresh black bean, cucumber and chilli salad on the side.
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813 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 2 courgettes
  • 2 sweetcorn cobs
  • 1 red onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ½ x 200g feta
  • ½ x 150g flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 400g tin of black beans
  • 2 vine tomatoes
  • 1 chilli
  • ½ cucumber
  • A handful of coriander
  • 1 lime
  • 150g yogurt
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
You'll need
  • Large frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Coarsely grate the courgettes. Put them in a sieve with a pinch of salt and squeeze together a few times with your hands to get rid of some water. Leave in the sieve to drain while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.

  • 2.

    Pull the leaves and silks off the sweetcorn cobs. Stand the cobs upright on your board and run a knife down them to slice off the kernels. Tip the kernels into a large bowl. Peel and finely slice the red onion. Peel and crush or finely grate 1 garlic clove. Stir the onion and garlic into the sweetcorn, and crumble in half the pack of feta.

  • 3.

    Give the courgettes a final good squeeze to get rid of as much water as possible, and tumble them into the sweetcorn bowl. Measure out 75g of the flour and add it to the bowl. Break in the eggs. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, stir well and set aside.

  • 4.

    Drain and rinse the black beans. Tip into a large bowl. Dice the tomatoes. Halve the cucumber and dice 1 half. Peel and crush or finely grate the remaining garlic clove. Halve the chilli, flicking out the seeds and membrane for less heat, and finely chop it. Stir everything into the beans.

  • 5.

    Grate the lime zest into the bean salad and squeeze in the juice. Finely chop the coriander and add to the salad with a little salt and pepper. Drizzle over 1 tbsp olive oil and mix. Set aside to mellow while you fry the fritters.

  • 6.

    Pour ½ tbsp olive oil into a large frying pan and bring to a medium heat. Add 4 heaped tbsp of the batter to the pan to make 4 fritters. Fry for 3-4 mins on each side till golden brown. Transfer to a warm plate and cover with foil. Add another ½ tbsp olive oil and 4 more heaped tbsp batter to the pan. This should use up all of the batter.

  • 7.

    Divide the fritters between a couple of plates and serve with the bean salad and yogurt on the side.

  • Tip

    You feta believe it
    Your leftover feta will keep, wrapped in the fridge, for a couple of days. Crumble it into a refreshing salad made with your leftover cucumber, diced, some chopped red onion, olives and crunchy leaves, lots of fresh herbs and a squeeze of lemon juice.

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