Onion and feta fritters with sweet chilli soy dipping sauce + Win a cheese hamper

Crisp and golden onion and feta cheese fritters with sweet and spicy chilli soy dipping sauce. This recipe is perfect for a starter or as a snack.

Listen, we’re starting this week off with a little bit of indulgence but sometimes on a Monday, that’s exactly what you need. Because you guys, why do I still hate Mondays so much?! I mean, I don’t have an office job, or a boss, or terrible colleagues. I get to sit in my comfy clothes and fluffy socks with no make-up on and my hair in a bun on top of my head and do my work. Am I just being a brat? (Don’t answer that!) I just have never been a fan of Mondays. So to alleviate the suffering, I am indulging in these incredible onion and feta fritters.

I whipped these up a while ago as a light dinner for us and it was an instant hit. The combination of sweet onions and salty feta cheese is a match made in Heaven. I love how the feta doesn’t melt but just softens into little nuggets of creaminess. *Swoon* While eating these, Aidan said “Mom, these taste like onion rings, but way better!” and I couldn’t agree more. Plus, as a family of onion ring-lovers, that was a pretty big thumbs up for these little fritters. The thing that I love most about food like this is that it is so unbelievably simple to throw together (you literally just throw everything in a bowl) and the end result makes you look like some kind of kitchen goddess/god. They look impressive and taste amazing. What more could you want?

I used Clover plain feta cheese for this because I find it to be just the right amount of salty for the onion’s sweetness and the texture when cooked is perfect in these fritters. Clover challenged me to come up with a great way to use feta cheese this winter and I’ll be honest with you, it’s not really a challenge at all because I use feta cheese on a daily basis.

From crumbling the salty cheese into my scrambled eggs for breakfast to adding it in abundance to salads and other vegetable dishes, it’s pretty much a constant in my kitchen. I also love pan-frying it (like you would haloumi) and serving it with a drizzle of honey. Are you drooling yet? So now that I’ve had my way with feta, it’s your turn. I want you to tell me exactly what you would do with Feta cheese this winter and I want you to be as creative as you can.

{GIVEAWAY CLOSED} To enter: Share this post and tell me how you would use Clover Feta cheese on Twitter and Facebook and extra points if you actually take a picture of your dish and send it to me on Instagram using the hashtag #lovecloverfeta. The winner will receive a stunning hamper of glorious Clover cheese to indulge in and enjoy. Competition ends Friday 27 May 2016. (Make sure to tag me in your entry along with #lovecloverfeta so I can track all entries.)

Onion and feta fritters with sweet chilli soy dipping sauce + Win a cheese hamper

Crisp and golden onion and feta cheese fritters with sweet and spicy chilli soy dipping sauce. This recipe is perfect for a starter or as a snack.

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Course: Snack, Starter, Vegetarian

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Author: Alida Ryder

Ingredients

• 1½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• generous pinch of salt
• pinch of sugar
• pinch of chilli flakes optional
• 1½ cups water
• 4 medium white onions
• 1 cup crumbled Clover plain feta cheese
• canola oil for frying

for the sweet chilli soy dipping sauce

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• dash of fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 red chilli thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove thinly sliced
• 2 cm piece fresh ginger thinly sliced

Instructions

• Slice 2 of the onions thinly and chop the other two into fine dice.
• To make the batter, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and chilli flakes. Add the water until you have a smooth batter.
• Stir in the onions and feta cheese.
• Heat approximately 2cm of oil in a large frying pan and fry tablespoons of the batter until crisp and golden on both sides. Remove and allow to drain on kitchen paper. Continue until all the batter has been cooked.
• In the meantime, combine all the ingredients for the dipping sauce in a saucepan and allow to boil for 5-10 minutes or until the sauce is the consistency of maple syrup.
• Serve the onion fritters with the dipping sauce.

This post was sponsored by Clover. All images, words and opinions are my own.