Greek Tomato Fritters

Greek Tomato Fritters

If you are looking for a true taste of the islands, these Greek tomato fritters is exactly what you need!

Also called domatokeftedes is Greek, these simple tomato fritters originated in Santorini and are loaded with fresh ingredients, including chopped tomatoes, loads of fresh herbs and crumbled feta cheese.

Once the tomato fritters are fried to perfectly golden brown, they can be served with a side of cool Greek yogurt flavored with lemon and dill.

Tomato Fritter Ingredients

• Tomatoes: Use low moisture tomatoes such as roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes or vine tomatoes.
• Red Onion: About 1/4 of a medium sized red onion chopped into a small dice. If you don’t like red onion, chop 2-3 green onions and add that.
• Fresh Mint: This is the perfect recipe to use up fresh mint! Take the leaves off the stem and give the herbs a good chop so there are no large pieces left.
• Fresh Dill: Remove the dill from thick stems and give it a good chop. Save some dill for ganrish and to use in the yogurt sauce.
• Fresh Parsley: Optional but offers another layer of fresh herbs.
• Feta Cheese: A good Greek sheeps milk feta cheese in brine. The pre-crumbled options tend to be drier than a block of feta in brine.
• Dried Oregano: You could use fresh oregano as well.
• Flour: This recipe works with all purpose flour or a gluten free flour mix.
• Baking Powder: Just a touch to give the fritters a nice texture.
• Neutral Oil: A high smoke point oil that is neutral in flavor, such as avocado oil or vegetable oil.
• Greek Yogurt: Mixed with a bit of fresh dill to serve alongside the tomato fritters.
• Lemon: A squeeze of fresh lemon juice over the fritters and mixed into the yogurt sauce.

How to Make Santorini Tomato Fritters

1. To a large bowl, add chopped tomatoes, herbs, red onion, feta cheese, flour, baking powder and salt and pepper.
2. Give everything a good mix until a thick batter is made. It should look like a very thick pancake batter. If mixture is too dry and not binding, add a tablespoon or two of water.
3. Pour oil in a wide skillet and bring up to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Use a tablespoon to scoop tomato mixture into the hot oil, gently pressing down to flatten.
4. Fry 4-5 tomato fritters until golden brown on both sides.
5. Once done, place fritters onto a paper towel lined plate
6. For the yogurt sauce, mix Greek yogurt with dill and lemon juice and serve Greek tomato fritters with a dollop of yogurt sauce.

Serve Tomato Fritters with Other Mezze

Santorini tomato fritters are often served as part of a mezze or appetizer. Here are a few other recipes that would be fantastuc and fun to serve alongside.

• Ricotta Stuffed Squash Blossoms
• Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves
• Vegetarian Mezze Platter
• Roasted Beet Hummus
• Roasted Cherry Tomato Bruschetta
• Tomato Mascarpone Tart