This Greek sharer with courgette fritters may look like it takes a lot of time, but it’s really very simple and easy to put together.
What could be better, after a tiring Tuesday, than a meal you can basically put on a platter and eat? (Sure, with this meal there is a small amount of cooking – but this is so easy it barely counts). I love this sort of meal – see my Swedish Smorgasbord or my Greek Salad. They are perfect for Tuesday nights – not only are they seriously easy, but they are fun – sharing is fun, so lighten what could otherwise be a dreary night of the week.
You may notice some similarities between this and my Greek Salad. That is because they are both inspired by our honeymoon in Greece last year. When we were on Kos, we did a bus trip of the whole island. As part of this trip, we stopped for lunch at a restaurant high up a cliff which overlooked a tiny, beautiful cove. It was so peaceful. The friendly waiters brought us a 3 course lunch – bread and olives, then courgette fritters and tzatziki, followed by chicken skewered kebabs. It was a wonderful lunch, with a cool breeze coming off the ocean and the warm sun beating down on us. This is the sort of memory you need in the middle of February.
The fritters are the star of the show here – mix and match the additional bits as much as you like. I would advise you make the tzatziki too; they work so well together – but other than this, change the type of bread if you like, make your own hummus if you have the time, add some meat…whatever you like!
The Ingredients
- Courgettes, flour, Parmesan – these are all the ingredients you need to make your courgette fritters. You can switch the Parmesan to a vegetarian alternative if you prefer.
- Greek yoghurt, cucumber, garlic – these are the ingredients for your tzatziki. You can switch for plain yoghurt if you need to, but Greek yoghurt is best.
- Pitta, hummus, olives, feta – these are the additional bits and pieces for your platter. You can mix and match these as you like.
Greek Sharer with Courgette Fritters
Ingredients
- 2 courgettes
- 4 tablespoons plain flour
- 10 grams grated parmesan
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 300 ml Greek yoghurt
- ½ cucumber
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 pitta
- 250 grams hummus
- A handful of green and black olives
- 10 grams feta chopped
Instructions
- Put the pitta in the oven at 130 degrees to warm through for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, grate the courgette. Squeeze the grated courgette to get rid of the excess water (it’s good to do this in a tea towel), then put in a large bowl with the parmesan and flour. Mix well.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over a high heat. Split the mixture into 6, then roll each bit and squash like a burger. Pop into the frying pan and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden brown and crisp. Remove from the pan and leave to rest on a piece of kitchen paper.
- For the tzatziki, grate the cucumber and chop the garlic. Mix with the yoghurt and season with salt.
- To serve, chop the pitta and add to your serving dish/board with the hummus, olives, feta, tzatziki and courgette fritters. Let everyone dig in!
Nutrition
More Greek style recipes you may enjoy:
- Greek Style Flatbread Pizzas
- Greek Style Roast Chicken and Vegetables
- Greek Salad with Baked Feta and Tzatziki
- Vegetable Moussaka
- Penne Pastitsio
- Delicious Feta and Dill Pie
- Feta, Olive and Chilli Filo Parcels
- Simple Prawn Saganaki
- Spinach and Feta Filo Pie
A great meal when you want something that looks and tastes fancy, but requires minimum effort
These look delicious! Will definitely be trying them out! Aodhnait
I love zucchini fritters! Especially at this time of the year when there is such a glut in the garden.
Those fritters are so simple – I will be trying them very soon!
Love it. I also like cauliflower fritters 🙂
It looks amazing! This is definitely going to happen this weekend!
Enjoy!
Oh I am so with you! We went to Crete last summer and I am making a veggie mousakka for dinner tomorrow for the same reason, we need to remember some lovely Greek dinners by Olive trees. This looks lovely too! Might have to schedule a Greek meze night soon xx
It’s an amazing cuisine isn’t it? I love veggie mousakka too, one of my favourite dishes! xx
Thanks for liking my blog post. I thought I’d swing by your’s too. I’m loving the name of your blog by the way!
Best wishes,
Helen
Thanks Helen! Nice to ‘meet’ you 🙂
Nice and colouful. Thanx for stopping by
This looks delicious and simple enough for a week day dinner. Thank you for sharing. Sounds like you had a lovely visit to Greece.
Thank you, we did – can’t wait to go back!
Looks fab! I love Greek food 🙂
This looks so delicious! What is the difference between a courgette and falaffel?
Sorry Lauren, should have said in the post, courgette is basically a zucchini 🙂