Eggplant fritters ready in a few minutes! Eggplants can be prepared in a thousand ways, so you must try them like this, as raw fritters without cooking them first, just let them drain for about half an hour after slicing them thin with the mandolin and sprinkling them with salt. Some eggplant recipes are mentioned below but you will find many on my blog! I love eggplants cooked in a thousand ways.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Fall
- Energy 54.95 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 11.74 (g) of which sugars 2.14 (g)
- Proteins 2.72 (g)
- Fat 0.19 (g) of which saturated 0.03 (g)of which unsaturated 0.07 (g)
- Fibers 2.03 (g)
- Sodium 509.04 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 2 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Necessary Ingredients to Prepare Eggplant Fritters
- 8.47 oz eggplants
- 0.28 cup rice flour
- 2 egg whites
- to taste salt
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 leaf bay leaf
- 2 leaves basil
- 2 leaves sage
- A Few sprigs chives
Tools to Prepare Eggplant Fritters
- Mandolin
- Salad Spinner
- Bowl
- Mixer
Steps to Prepare the Fritters
Use the salad spinner to dry the salad and let the sliced eggplants drain slightly after sprinkling them with a light layer of salt.
Peel the eggplants and slice them with the mandolin; they should be very thin.
While slicing, sprinkle a little salt and let them rest for 10 minutes.
After washing and chopping all the herbs, mix them together with the squeezed eggplants.
Beat the egg whites until stiff with a pinch of salt.
Add the rice flour to the eggplants
and immediately pour them into the beaten egg whites
Mix well and start frying.
Using a spoon, put a portion in the hot oil, flip them, and they will be ready in a few minutes.
Use paper bags to drain the excess oil from the eggplant fritters.
And here they are, ready for a delicious appetizer, the eggplant fritters
