Zucchini Flowers on Garlic Cream


Rating: 3.00 / 5.00 (4 Votes)


Total time: 45 min

Servings: 4.0 (servings)

Ingredients:


















For the sauce:






Instructions:

Clean the zucchini flowers with a wet dishcloth and remove the pistils. Rinse the attached zucchinis without wetting the flowers, pat dry.

Rinse, dry and grate the zucchinis. Sauté in 1/5 of the olive oil with chopped shallots and garlic until the liquid that forms evaporates, season with salt and season with pepper.

Make the long grain rice in salted water according to package directions, drain. Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick frying pan without oil.

Finely dice the bacon.

Preheat the stove to 180 °C.

Mix the zucchini mixture, bacon, long-grain rice, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, beaten egg, chopped kitchen herbs and half of the remaining oil, season to taste. Fill the zucchini flowers with this farce, seal by twisting the tops together. Place in an oiled shallow ovenproof dish, drizzle with oil. Salt, pour the clear soup and cover with aluminum foil. Cook in the stove for 20-25 minutes, removing the foil 5 minutes before the end of the cooking time.

Blanch the peeled garlic cloves for 3 min, put them in a saucepan with the whipping cream. let them boil and cook until they are soft, then crush them, season with salt and season with pepper.

To serve, bring the zucchini flowers to the table on a heated platter with the garlic cream.

Our tip: Use a bacon with a strong flavor – this will give this dish a special touch!

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