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    Create Bake Make / Breakfast / Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese

    Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese

    Published: May 4, 2016 · Modified: Feb 24, 2021 by Lauren Matheson ·

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    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!

    Cauliflower Bacon and Cheese Fritters

    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:

    • Cauliflower
    • Zucchini
    • Parmesan and Tasty (Cheddar) Cheese
    • Bacon
    • Self-Raising Flour – you can also use Gluten Free if you wish
    • Onion Flakes
    • Garlic
    • Salt and Pepper
    • Water

    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.

    Cauliflower Bacon and Cheese Fritters

    How to Make Cauliflower Fritters:

    Making these Fritters is very easy, you simply need to:

    1. Chop, grate and crush all of your ingredients and place into a bowl.
    2. Lightly whisk the eggs and add to the bowl along with half of the water specified. Mix well and add extra water and needed until you get a soft consistency.
    3. Use a ¼ measuring cup to scoop up the mixture and place into your frying pan. Cook for 3 – 4 minutes on one side before flipping and cooking for a further 2 minutes on the other side.
    Cauliflower Bacon and Cheese Fritters

    My Tips for Making these Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese:

    • If you don’t have quite enough cauliflower when making this recipe, just cut back a little on the water you add at the end.  I’ve made it with varying amounts of cauliflower, ranging between 550 – 700g and have used between ½ a cup to ¾ of a cup of water each time.  
    • The mixture is quite wet at the end, but as long as you let the Fritters cook for 4 – 5 minutes before flipping them, they will stay together.  You can also pop any leftovers into the freezer for another time (haha!) and simply reheat them for around 10 – 12 minutes on 190 degrees.
    • For a vegetarian option, simply omit the bacon from this recipe.

    More Delicious Cauliflower Recipes:

    • Cauliflower and Cheese Nuggets
    • Pumpkin Cauliflower Soup
    • Cheese and Cauliflower Fritters
    • Cauliflower Soup
    • Bang Bang Cauliflower
    Cauliflower fritters stacked on plate

    Cauliflower Fritters with Bacon and Cheese

    Lauren
    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!
    4.31 from 75 votes
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 40 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr
    Course Dinners
    Cuisine Australian
    Servings 24 Fritters
    Calories 88 kcal

    Equipment

    • Frying Pan

    Ingredients
      

    • 600 grams cauliflower leaves removed and cut into small florets.
    • 1 medium zucchini approximately 120g- grated
    • 4 rashers short cut bacon cut into small pieces
    • 2 cups self raising flour 300 grams
    • 1 cup parmesan cheese finely grated – 100 grams
    • ½ cup tasty cheese grated – 50 grams
    • 1 garlic clove crushed
    • 1 teaspoon onion flakes
    • 2 eggs lightly beaten
    • ¾ cup water
    • pinch salt
    • pinch pepper
    • 2 tablespoon olive oil to cook with

    Instructions
     

    • Place 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 Instructions

    • Place 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.

    Notes

    • You may not need all of the water specified in the recipe, as the water content of the vegetables will vary
    • These Fritters are freezer friendly.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0gCalories: 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
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    Comments

    1. Jenni Harrington

      July 20, 2019 at 3:16 pm

      Could I make these without the egg? Like using a flax egg or something? My son is allergic to egg

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        July 22, 2019 at 5:27 am

        Yes you sure can. You could also leave it out and then just add a little extra water to help them hold together

        Reply
    2. Leah

      July 16, 2019 at 4:58 pm

      5 stars
      These are great! Even my super fussy toddler loved them (well, until he was half way through his second and noticed some zucchini). Love this recipe!

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        July 22, 2019 at 5:27 am

        Haha, I’m so glad they passed the toddler test!

        Reply
    3. Etty

      May 29, 2018 at 6:51 pm

      Would you please share the recipe for the sauce you are showing in the Photos?

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        June 03, 2018 at 10:31 am

        It’s my Mum’s recipe, I’ll grab it off her so I can share soon x

        Reply
    4. ROSALIE

      May 04, 2018 at 9:19 am

      I am going to try this recipe using using a mix of cottage and ricotta cheese with lean bacon

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        May 04, 2018 at 11:57 am

        That sounds yummy 🙂 You may need a little extra flour due to the moisture in the cottage and ricotta cheese xx

        Reply
    5. Shelley

      April 07, 2018 at 7:30 am

      What exactly is “Tasty” cheese?

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        April 09, 2018 at 6:56 pm

        It’s similar to chedder 🙂

        Reply
    6. Donna

      March 02, 2018 at 8:05 am

      Hi Lauren

      Can’t wait to make these. Any chance we could have a picture when we print the recipe. Thanks heaps

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        March 02, 2018 at 10:24 am

        Hi Donna, I hope you enjoy them! Hmm, I’m not sure how to do that but will definitely look into it for you 🙂

        Reply
      • Belinda Ritchie

        September 17, 2018 at 10:12 pm

        5 stars
        Lauren you can try screen print (next to the F12 button on your keyboard Look for where the recipe is located that includes the picture click Screen print find the saved image on your PC and edit out the unwanted parts of the screen print and save and print the resulting image. I’ve been doing this for years with web images that I couldn’t print or save.

        Reply
    7. Nicole

      December 03, 2017 at 10:07 am

      It would be great to have the ingredients in thermomix friendly format directly above the thermomix version of the recipe. How do I figure out how much a cup of grated Parmesan is before I grate it?

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        December 04, 2017 at 11:41 am

        Thanks for the feedback Nicole, it’s something I would love to do but the recipe program I currently use doesn’t support it. 1 cup of grated parmesan is approximately 80g. Thanks 🙂

        Reply
    8. Sharnni

      October 03, 2017 at 11:58 am

      Do you think these would work without cheese? Dairy intolerant toddler on my hands!

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        October 04, 2017 at 5:17 am

        Hi Sharnni, I haven’t tried them cheese free but they should be ok. Maybe you could add another egg to help it hold together?

        Reply
    9. Bel

      June 30, 2017 at 7:07 pm

      Can you freeze these fritters? They were so yummy, the whole family liked them.

      Reply
      • Lauren Matheson

        July 01, 2017 at 3:22 pm

        Hi Bel, You sure can! I reheat them from frozen in a 190 oven for around 10 – 15 minutes. So glad you guys enjoy them x

        Reply
    10. Lisa

      June 06, 2017 at 11:53 am

      Hey Lauren, approximately how many grams of Parmesan & tasty cheese is required for this recipe? Thanks so much.

      Reply
      • Lauren

        June 07, 2017 at 10:52 am

        Hi Lisa, I use around 100 – 120g all up. So around 70 g of tasty and 30 – 50 of parmesan.

        Reply
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