Broccoli cheddar fritters

Ingredients:

• Olive oil cooking spray
• 200g broccoli stalks, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 egg
• ¾ cup panko breadcrumbs, plus more if needed
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 180 degrees F. Spray a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add broccoli stalks and boil for about 2 minutes, drain, let cool. Alternately, skip this step if using leftover cooked broccoli.
3. Add a few pieces of broccoli stalks to food chopper and blitz on speed 1. Continue to grind remaining broccoli stalks.
4. Attach the flat beater and bowl to your Stand Mixer. Add cheese, egg, breadcrumbs, onion powder, baking powder, ¼ each teaspoon salt and pepper. Mix on speed 4 until just combined (don’t overmix). Refrigerate for about 10 minutes.
5. Using your hands or a ice cream scoop, form mixture into about 15 patties and place on baking sheet. If mixture is too wet and not holding together, add a few more tablespoons breadcrumbs. Spray fritters with cooking spray.
6. Bake for about 30 minutes until golden brown, carefully flipping halfway through baking.