9Honey Kitchen Hacks: Easy pasta fritter cakes

My kids love fritters... and pancakes... and pasta. So what if you could combine the three and make pasta fritters topped with their favourite things?

That's what today's 9Honey kitchen hack is all about, turning a great packet pasta into an easy cheat's dinner.

Watch the video above to see how it's done and find the recipe below.

In this recipe I use the Continental savoury sour cream and chives pasta and sauce, but you can use any flavour you like. The best part of this recipe is it takes all the mental load out of a fun dinner for the kids and you can top them with anything your kids like. They even work well as dippers if the kids love hummus or tzatziki or just plain yoghurt.

As an added bonus, these make great snacks and lunchbox fillers too.

Easy pasta fritter cakes hack recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 x packet Continental savoury sour cream and chives pasta and sauce – cooked as per packet instructions and cooled a little (you will need milk and butter for this)
• 2 eggs, whisked
• 2-3 tablespoons plain flour
• oil, for pan frying

Optional toppings:

Toppings are a suggestion, you can use what you like, but I recommend: ham, sour cream, smoked salmon, tinned tuna and fresh herbs in any combination you like. Cut everything into small pieces so you can use them as toppings.

Method:

1. Cook your pasta as per the packet instructions and cool a little.
2. Stir in whisked eggs to combine.
3. Mix in 1 tablespoon of flour at a time until you have a good pancake batter consistency — you may not need it all.
4. Heat a little oil in the frypan on medium heat and drop large spoonfuls of batter into the pan. Cook on one side until you can flip them, turn them over and cook until the second side its golden brown. Remove cooked fritters to a plate and keep warm. Repeat until you've used all the batter and serve warm with toppings.