The cutlets breaded are one of the joys of life: already you say fried enough to open the heart and stomach. But if we are vegetarians or we are looking for an alternative to meat for once, how can we not give up this delicious dish?
We make cutlets based on vegetables! There are many vegetables that lend themselves to this version: first of all, the pumpkin, which during the cold season becomes the queen of the basket.
Pumpkin cutlets are really easy and quick to prepare: below we provide you the recipe, while in the gallery we give you some other ideas to make vegetarian cutlets with other vegetables.

Pumpkin vegetarian cutlets

Ingredients

To prepare the pumpkin cutlets, you will need: 500 grams of pumpkin, 2 eggs, 100 grams of flour 00, 50 grams of breadcrumbs, 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika, salt and sunflower oil to taste.

Method

Start by cleaning the pumpkin well: peel it and empty it of seeds and filaments. Then cut it into slices of about 1 cm. Now beat the eggs in a bowl, then in two other bowls arrange the flour and breadcrumbs, with the salt and paprika together. Take the pumpkin slices one by one and pass them first in the flour, then in the beaten eggs, finally in the breadcrumbs.
Meanwhile, heat abundant oil in a pan and when it is boiling, dip the cutlets, frying them well on both sides. Drain them from the oil and dry them with absorbent paper.

You can also cook the cutlets in the oven, on a sheet of absorbent paper and season them with a little oil, at 180 ° for 25 minutes in ventilated mode.

Browse the tutorial for more ideas for making vegetarian cutlets