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.