Recipe: Fried Zucchini Flowers With Goat Ricotta and Golden Tomato Oil [edit]

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Yield: 4 servings

[edit] Ingredients

12

Zucchini flowers

1

cup Fresh goat ricotta, Coach Farm preferred

1

Egg

2

Scallions thinly sliced

¼

teaspoon Freshly-grated nutmeg

Salt to taste

Freshly-ground black pepper to taste

1

pound Fresh golden or yellow tomatoes

(or golden cherry tomatoes)

½

cup Extra-virgin olive oil

8

Basil leaves

1

teaspoon Salt

2

tablespoons Virgin olive oil

[edit] Preparation

Step 1

Pick through open zucchini flowers to remove stamens and check for bugs. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together goat ricotta, egg, scallions and nutmeg and taste for seasoning. Using a small teaspoon, stuff each blossom with 1 1/2 teaspoons of filling and set aside.

Step 2

Roughly chop tomatoes and place in blender with olive oil, basil leaves and salt and blend until smooth. Pour through strainer into bowl and set aside.

Step 3

In a 10- to 12-inch non-stick saute pan, heat virgin olive oil until smoking. Place 4 flowers into pan at a time and cook until golden-brown on both sides.

Step 4

Arrange 3 blossoms on each plate, drizzle with sauce and serve immediately.

Step 5

This recipe yields 4 servings.

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