Courgette & Feta Fritters

• portions: 4 20 minutes
• temps total: 20 min

Ingrédients

3 courgettes

1 lemon

1 fresh red chilli

1 bunch of fresh mint

1 free-range egg

25 g plain flour

20 g Parmesan cheese

1 pinch of dried oregano

100 g feta cheese

olive oil

sweet chilli sauce , optional

Instructions

Coarsely grate the courgettes, finely grate the lemon zest and Parmesan, then deseed and finely chop the chilli. Pick and finely slice the mint leaves.Beat the egg, then mix with the courgette, flour, lemon zest, Parmesan, chilli, mint, oregano and a good pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Scrunch it all up really well with your hands, then crumble in the feta and mix again. Heat a good drizzle of oil in a frying pan and fry tablespoons of the mixture for a couple of minutes each side until golden – these fritters make a lovely lunch with a leafy salad, some sweet chilli sauce and lemon wedges for squeezing over.