Got Leftover Rice? Make these AMAZING Fritters | Spanish-Style Recipe
Ingredients
- Flour½ cups
- Egg1
- Sparkling water⅓ cups
- Onion · finely chopped1
- Garlic · roughly chopped3 cloves
- Carrot1
- Parsley · chopped2 tbsp
- Paprika · smoked½ tsp
- Rice · cooked1 cup
- Cheese · grated½ cups
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Saffron¼ tsp
- Mayonnaise½ cups
- Lemon1 tsp
- Extra virgin olive oil1 tbsp + ⅓ cups
Instructions
- Put the flour in a large bowl, make a well, crack in the egg and whisk it, then gradually add the club soda and whisk to a creamy batter.
- Add the finely chopped onion, finely grated garlic, finely grated peeled carrot, chopped parsley and smoked paprika, season with salt and black pepper and mix.
- Stir in the cooked rice and grated cheese and mix until evenly combined.
- Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
- After a couple of minutes, drop spoonfuls of batter into the pan, evenly spaced in a single layer, and cook in batches.
- Fry for 3 minutes per side until golden, then transfer each batch to a dish lined with paper towels.
- For the aioli, pound the roughly chopped garlic with the saffron and a pinch of sea salt in a mortar with a pestle to a paste.
- Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil, season with salt and black pepper and whisk until creamy.
- Put the aioli in a small bowl set on a serving dish, arrange the fritters around it and garnish with fresh parsley.
Summarized from Spain on a Fork's video. Watch it for the details.
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