Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, zucchini flowers stuffed with feta. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Zucchini flowers stuffed with feta is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Zucchini flowers stuffed with feta is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
Clean mushrooms and cut into small cubes. Peel shallot and garlic and finely chop. Season with salt, lemon juice and pepper.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook zucchini flowers stuffed with feta using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Zucchini flowers stuffed with feta:
- Make ready 12 fresh zucchini flowers
- Prepare For the filling
- Make ready 100 g feta cheese, cut in 12 sticks
- Get 12 big spearmint leaves, washed and strained
- Make ready For the batter
- Prepare 1 cup flour
- Prepare 2/3 cup lukewarm water
- Prepare 1 egg
- Get 3-4 tbsp ouzo
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1/2-1 tbsp boukovo (crushed chili flakes)
- Take 1 tsp salt
Who would have ever thought that Zucchini Flowers stuffed with prosciutto and mozzarella then coated in a light batter and fried could be so damn. This delicious stuffed zucchini recipe can be served as either a side dish or a main dish. This recipe needs a lot of adjustments. In order for the zucchini boats not to be undercooked, (ie. crunchy) they should be baking in the oven while the stuffing is prepared.
Instructions to make Zucchini flowers stuffed with feta:
- Fill the sink with water and salt and put your flowers in. Salt will make the bugs run for their lives (if there are any in there) and water will make the flowers open more easily.
- Remove the flowers from the zucchinis very carefully. Use your hands, or a knife to be more sure.
- Open the flowers (again very carefully) and remove the stamen. Take care not to tear the flower.
- Wash the flowers under running water and strain them on a towel.
- Take a flower, open it and put inside a stick of feta and a spearmint leaf.
- Twist the petals to close the flower. Put them all in a plate and place them in the fridge until it's time to fry them.
- Make the batterput all ingredients in a bowl and mix until you get a nice smooth batter. If you are not going to do the frying immediately, place it in the fridge until then.
- The flowers should be served hot, so fry them just before you want to serve them. When it is time, put the oil in a pan, and fry them in medium-hot temperature, for about 3 minutes, turning them until they get golden brown all over.
- You can use your fork to flatten the flowers a bit (while frying). They will fry quicker this way.
- When they are golden brown all over, put them on a paper towel to absorb the extra oil and serve hot.
For those times when you find yourself with a pile of zucchini blossoms -or if you've ever wondered what you would do if you did. Its a basic fried recipe but I put a cube of feta in each flower before frying. All stuffed with bacon and mushroom goodness. It was always during the peak of zucchini flowers season that we looked forward to because this these. I have also stuffed the flowers with various cheeses and herbs and have fried or baked them.
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