Fried Mushroom and Kale Snacks
If you’re looking for a delightful dish to impress your guests, this is it. The fresh raspberry and apple jam is the perfect complement to the nutty and earthy flavours of these deepfried snacks. You don’t need a deep fryer, you can simply use sunflower oil in a pan. After you’re done, let the oil cool down and pour it back into the bottle to use as regular cooking oil.
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When you fry foods, temperatures are much higher than simply cooking foods. Be careful with the pan of oil and don't leave it unattended.
Also frying creates a distinct smell so make sure your space is well-ventilated.
Prepare all steps including rolling and coating the balls and place them on a plate in the fridge. Simply fry when you're ready.
Necessities
besides regular cooking and frying pans, and cutting knives
Hand blender
Slotted spoon
Kitchen towel
Ingredients
6 servings - 12 to 16 balls
250 g
150 g
150 g
100 g
100 g
1 jar
40 g
Chestnut mushrooms
Kale
Cashews (Johnny Cashews)
Flour
Bread crumbs
Raspberry apple jam (Yespers)
Alfalfa (optional)
3
1 L
3
2 cloves
Eggs
Sunflower oil
Shallots
Garlic
Prep
10 min
- Dice shallots and mince garlic
- Mince mushrooms
Cook
45 min + 30 min fridge
Sauté shallots
medium heat ~5 min
Add garlic, kale, mushrooms, cashews
season with salt and pepper ~10 min
Add kale mushroom mix to a bowl with 1 egg and blend
use a hand blender, leave a bit of texture
Place in the fridge
until the mix reaches room temperature or less ~30 min
Roll 12-16 balls and coat them
place flour, 1 beaten egg and breadcrumbs into 3 separate bowls
coat each of the balls first in flour, then in egg and finally in breadcrumbs
you might need an extra egg
Heat the oil
to check if the temperature is right, add a grain of rice to the oil. The oil is ready when the grain of rice floats at the surface and the oil starts bubbling around it.
Fry the balls
~1-2 min until golden brown
fry two to three balls at the same time if your pan is big enough
use a slotted spoon to put them in the oil and get them out
Place the fried balls on kitchen towel
Serve the snacks while warm with the Yespers raspberry apple jam and garnish with alfalfa
Thanks so much for joining our journey. We wish you a Merry Christmas with your loved ones!
As Christmas is often associated with meat, we’re very curious to learn what you and your guests, friends, family think about this meatless menu.
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Holy moly, déze zijn lekker! We verwachtten een ‘prima’ vegetarische bitterbal met een wat apart zoet sausje. In praktijk is dit een culinaire snack op zichzelf met een perfect matchend fris sausje.