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Zucchini Croquettes

Zucchini croquettes on a plate

This is an easy way to use lots of zucchini or summer squash, with the added bonus that it’s extremely toddler-friendly!

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Ingredients

  • 750g zucchini or summer squash
  • 1 large white onion (250g)
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • Handful (~1/4 C) fresh dill
  • Handful (~1/4 C) fresh mint
  • Handful (~1/4 C) parsley
  • 4 green onions
  • 2 large eggs
  • 100 g French sheep’s milk feta
  • ½ C flour
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Shred the zucchini.  I like to do this in my food processer with the shredding disk for ultimate speed, but this can also be done by hand.
  2. Dice the onion.
  3. Toss the zucchini and onion with the salt, and transfer to a sieve or colander. Set this aside for 30 minutes to sweat while you get everything else ready (and perhaps start your halibut marinating, if you’re going to serve that as well).
  4. Finely chop the herbs, and chop the green onions.  Put these in a large mixing bowl.  Add the egg, and beat it all together.
  5. Preheat oven to 450°F
  6. Once the zucchini and onion are done sweating, first press some liquid out the bottom of the sieve, and then transfer it all to a tea towel to squeeze as much moisture as possible out of it (there will be a surprisingly large amount).
  7. Add the zucchini-onion mixture into the bowl with the eggs and herbs.  Add freshly ground black pepper to taste, flour, and feta. Combine well by hand.
  8. Form into patties of desired size (I got 9 big ones; the original recipe calls for 24 (!) small ones). Place on parchment-covered baking sheet.  If you have time, refrigerate them until cold (you can also freeze them at this point); if you don’t, it didn’t seem to matter much when I baked them.
  9. Bake at 450°F for about 20 minutes.  If you remember, flip them once halfway through; if you forget, just flip them over to show off their nicely-browned sides when you serve them.

Notes

You could easily substitute either goat’s milk feta, chèvre, or even Daiya mozzarella shreds for the sheep’s milk feta.

Find it online: http://breadandjamforfrancis.com/zucchini-croquettes/