Fried Zucchini Blossoms
This is a dish to be made and savoured immediately. You can even make it as a pre-dinner nibble while you finish cooking something time-consuming with friends.
- Prep Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 0 hours
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 5
Ingredients
- 10 large zucchini blossoms
- 1 cow’s milk mozzarella (125g/4 oz)
- A few basil leaves
For the batter
- 3 tablesppoons all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 100 ml/3 oz beer
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat the egg with the flour. Add the salt.
- Add the beer gradually and beat well to obtain a homogeneous, quite liquid batter.
- Take out the stamen from the flowers. Fill with pieces of mozzarella and basil.
- Put plenty of oil (to deep fry) in a frying pan to heat.
- When the oil is hot, take one flower at a time, dip in the batter and fry until golden.
- Serve immediately!.
Find it online: https://organictuscany.org/recipes/fried-zucchini-blossoms/