zucchini, ham and ricotta fritters
I am the last person on the internet to join the Cute Overload train; I mean, I get it, it’s . I love cute, you love cute, cute makes the birds sing and the sun shine and the world go round and tra-la-la. . But man, oh man. Sometime in the last two weeks it hit me like a ten ton truck and people, . I can’t breathe sometimes, the cute is so strong. I’m tag-surfing on Flickr, sputtering nonsensicals like “piggle snorgle tiny mouf action ohmy gah! Gah!” when Alex asks me how my day was. I want to take bites of the cute, but I know, I know I’d bite down too hard and take a . When she added an category it was about all the precious I could take and I had to let Alex in on the Overload, my new time-sucking Internet habit; Alex, who like any man with two eyes pulse, quickly found the and let’s just say, it is not just my redonk little habit anymore.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Ricotta Cheese | 1/2 cup (124g) part-skim | 174 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Cucumber | 1/2 cup sliced (52g) | 16 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted
- 2 eggs
- 20 grams (3/4 ounces) butter, melted [I translated this as 1 1/2 tablespoons]
- 1/3 cup (2 1/2 fluid ounces) milk
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup torn basil leaves
- 75 grams (2 2/3 ounces) leg ham, torn
- 1 zucchini (courgette), cut into long, thin strips
- Vegetable oil for shallow frying