Chard Patties

Ingredients

• Chard leaves (10)
• Eggs (2)
• Bread crumbs (1 cup)
• Canola oil
• Salt
• White pepper

Preparation

• Wash the chard leaves in cold water.
• Dry them off.
• Cut it into strips a quarter inch wide.
• Cut out the white part.
• Cook (without water) on medium heat until they shrink to a third.
• Sieve out the water and let cool.
• Put cooked leaves in mixing bowl.
• Add the eggs, 1/2 tbsp salt and a pinch of white pepper.
• Add the bread cumbs.
• Mix with a fork.
• Let sit for 15 minutes.
• Put water in a small bowl.
• Wet hands and make patties about 1 inch radius and 1/4 inch thick.
• Hands should be wet after each patty.
• Heat 1/2 inch of canola oil in a pan.
• When it is hot, lower the heat to medium.
• Fry patties until they form a brown crust, and then flip.
• After taking out of pan, put patties on paper towels.