Thursday, April 14, 2011

Stuffed zucchini flowers

This Is A real treat...work Gently with the flowers the brake in a second.



Ingredients 
  • 1 egg white
  • 8 kalamata olives, halved
  • 3 1/2 anchovies
  • 6 small basil leaves
  • 200g fresh ricotta
  • light olive oil, for deep-frying
  • 18 Zucchini flowers
  • Lemon wedges, to serve
  • 6 small basil leaves
  • Batter
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 150ml chilled light beer

How To Make It
  1. Gently discard yellow stamens in centre of flowers. 
  2. Finely chop olives, anchovies and basil. 
  3. Place in a bowl with ricotta and season to taste with pepper. Spoon a teaspoonful of ricotta mixture into center of each flower, then twist petal ends to enclose. 
  4. For batter, place flour and 1/2 tsp salt in a bowl. Add oil and beer then whisk until a smooth batter forms. In another bowl, whisk egg white until soft peaks form then gently fold into batter.
  5. heat deep oil to medium heat until 180ºC, dip flowers, 1 at a time, into batter, allowing excess to drain off, then deep-fry for 2 minutes or until golden. Scatter with salt and serve with lemon wedges.

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