Butternut Fritters

butternut squash fritters stapled on a wooden board with walnuts on top.

5 from 1 vote

Butternut squash fritters made with just a few ingredients and incredibly delicious. These savoury fritters can be made with pumpkin as well.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Vegetarian

Cuisine: American, German

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings: -24

Calories: 56kcal

Author: Adina

Ingredients

⅔ cup all-purpose flour 7 oz/ 200 g, Note 1
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 eggs
1 cup (scant) milk 6.5 fl.oz/ 200 ml
10.5 oz butternut squash 300 g, Note
2 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
a little oil for frying
a few drops pumpkin seed oil to serve optional

Instructions

Batter: Mix flour, salt, eggs, and milk, making sure that you have no clumps. Cover the bowl with a kitchen cloth and let on the counter for one hour.
⅔ cup all-purpose flour/ 200 g + 1 teaspoon fine sea salt + 2 eggs + 1 cup (scant) milk/ 200 ml
Prepare pumpkin: Peel the butternut squash and grate it roughly. If using Hokkaido pumpkin (red Kuri squash), there is no need to peel it. Chop the parsley. Add both to the batter together with the lemon juice.
10.5 oz butternut squash/ 300 g + 2 tablespoon chopped parsley + 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Fritters: Brush a hot non-stick pan with a little oil. Add 1 tablespoon batter to the pan, level it to get a nice circle, and repeat with 2 or 3 more tablespoons batter; I can fry 4 fritters at a time in my pan.
a little oil for frying
Fry for about 2 or 3 minutes on one side, until nicely colored, flip and fry for another minute or so or until nicely colored as well. Keep warm in the oven while you fry all the fritters. Brush the pan with oil again between the batches.
Sprinkle with more parsley and pour a few drops of pumpkin seed oil on top, if you wish. Serve with salad or soup.
a few drops pumpkin seed oil to serve

Notes

Butternut squash: You can substitute it with a flavorful sort of pumpkin, like Hokkaido or red Kuri squash, sugar pumpkin, or similar. Hokkaido pumpkin doesn't need to be peeled.

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