Receta Stuffed Zucchini Flowers With Pinenuts, Ricotta And Watercress
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Wash and pat dry zucchini blossoms and set aside.
- Mix 2 Tbsp. pine nuts, ricotta, egg, parsley and nutmeg in a medium mixing bowl till homogenous and of a rough paste-like consistency.
- Gently open each flower and, using a small tsp., place 2 Tbsp. ricotta mix in each flower and close up again by twisting ends of flower like the ends of a mustache. Set aside.
- In a blender, mix 1/2 watercress, yogurt and 1/2 tsp. salt till smooth and creamy (about 1 minute).
- In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick pan, heat 1 oz of the extra-virgin extra virgin olive oil till just smoking and place 6 blossoms in pan. Cook till golden (about 2 min) and turn once, cook 1 minute more and remove to hot plate. Repeat with remaining blossoms.
- While last blossoms are cooking, toss remaining watercress with remaining 2 ounces of extra-virgin extra virgin olive oil and juice of 1 lemon to coat. Divide into center of 4 plates. Drizzle a puddle of yogurt sauce around watercress and place 3 hot blossoms in Mercedes-Benz angles on top of sauce. Sprinkle each plate with a few of the remaining pine nuts and serve.
- This recipe yields 4 servings.