Crispy Courgette Fries

Crispy and flavourful veggies has always been one of my favourites side dishes. What could be better and having a lovely tangy twist to them as well?

Ingredients:

• 2 small to medium size courgettes

• 1 tablespoon of the Smooth Cat Fish herb blend

• Salt to taste

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons of plain flour

• 4 tablespoons of panko or sourdough breadcrumbs

• Grated pecorino, parmesan or any other hard cheese

Wash and cut the courgettes. How you cut them is up to you. I strongly believe that some shapes of cutting always taste better than the others, so my favourite one is wedges. You can also cut them in soldiers or rounds, half moons or triangles - whatever pleases your eye.

Take a good size bowl and add the Smooth Cat fish herb blend and salt together, mix it in with your courgettes. The Daily Garlic mix would fit this recipe perfectly as well! Leave the courgettes to stay for around 15-20 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare panné station. In one bowl pour the flour, in the second bowl crack the eggs and whisk them well, in the third bowl add your breadcrumbs. Take the courgettes and first coat them in flour, then in the egg mix and then in the breadcrumbs. And that it! Now your fries are ready to cook! There are quite a lot of possibilities how to cook them, and all of them are delicious!

• Air Fryer - spray with oil (no to dry them out) and cook at 200C for around 6-10 min, depending on the size.

• Oven - spray with oil (no to dry them out) and cook at 200C for around 8-12 min, depending on the size.

• Shallow fry - possible, but not recommended. Will need to turn them around, to make sure it cooks from all sides. Will take around 3 minutes, depending on the size.

• Deep frying - will take around 2-4 minutes, depending on the size.

Finally, grate some of the hard cheese and enjoy as a side dish or a delicious snack! Some lovely sauce would go nicely as well, so don't forget to check our Garlic Mayo recipe!

Enjoy,

TW&TB