herby carrot pancakes with salmon and avocado

When I bit into these herby carrot pancakes on my last trip to LA, I did my usual food nerd thing of noting all the flavours and textures into my phone and photographing them from every angle so that I could recreate them for class. I’m sure I missed seeing some famous actor walk by because I was so focused on replicating them at home.

These roasted carrot fritters are almost totally prepped ahead. I love them topped with avocado and hot-smoked salmon, or with avocado and Feta. They’re also great with my romesco sauce.

I make these fritters around 2 inches across for a nibble with drinks. If I’m making them for lunch or brunch, I make them bigger, like American pancakes, and serve them with eggs, bacon, salmon or avocado with some lemon-dressed rocket on top.