Kitchen tip: Use the grate attachment on your food processor to prepare the celeriac.
Kitchen tip: If you make these without bacon, increase canola oil to 5 tbsp.
Celeriac Fritters
By Chatelaine18
PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
Makes
16 fritters
Photo, Erik Putz.
Ingredients
- 4 slices thick-cut bacon , chopped
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 6 cups peeled and coarsely grated celeriac , (about 1 small)
- 1/2 cup grated onion
- 2 eggs , lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 Gala apple , cored and thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tbsp chopped chives
Instructions
- PREHEAT oven to 250F. Place a rack on a baking sheet and set aside.
- COOK bacon in a large frying pan over medium until crisp, 4 to 5 min. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate. Pour bacon drippings and canola oil into a small bowl.
- COMBINE celeriac, onion, eggs, flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl.
- HEAT 2 tbsp oil mixture in the same frying pan over medium. Pack celeriac mixture into 1/4-cup portions, carefully turning each one into pan. Flatten into 3-in. wide fritters with a spatula. Cook until golden and crispy, 3 to 4 min per side. Transfer to prepared rack and place in oven to keep warm. Repeat with remaining celeriac mixture, adding 1 tbsp more oil mixture for each batch.
- SERVE fritters topped with apple slices, sour cream, bacon and chives.
Nutrition (per piece)
- Calories
- 106,
- Protein
- 3 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 8 g,
- Fat
- 7 g,
- Fibre
- 1 g,
- Sodium
- 255 mg.
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