Welcome to the first episode of August in the kitchen. Learn to process seasonal ingredients using not very well -known and tasty recipes. See what you can prepare from zucchini.
In the August series in the kitchen you will be able to see how to prepare dishes from seasonal ingredients during the holiday month. He will be able to discover new excellent recipes whose main star will be the summer ingredients. And today’s episode will be dedicated to Italian zucchini recipes. The zucchini season is from July to October, which means that it is high time to make the most of them. Take a look at a few delicious recipes that you can prepare from them. They all come from Italian cuisine.
Italian recipes with zucchini
As the tradition is, it begins with an appetizer. And that will be nothing but Italian zucchini soup. The recipe is simple and takes only a moment. The portion is for four people.
Ingredients:
500 grams of zucchini
30 milliliters of virgin olive oil
375 milliliters of vegetable broth
30 milliliters of cooking cream
Half a tablespoon of finely chopped garlic
Half a handful of chopped basil
Half a handful of chopped parsley
25 grams of parmesan
Sea salt
White ground pepper
Procedure::
Take a larger pot, pour oil into it and heat it on medium heat. Cut the zucchini into smaller pieces and add salt salt. Then fry garlic, basil and zucchini in the pot in the pot. This should take about 10 minutes until the zucchini will be nice and softened. Take white pepper and pepper the mixture. Pour the vegetable broth and cook for 8 minutes.
After 8 minutes, remove the pot from the fire and divide the soup. Place about three quarters of the soup into the bowl and leave the rest in the pot. Mix the part in the bowl before they have a smooth and fine structure. Then return the mixed part back to the pot and stir in the cream. Then add parmesan and parsley. Taste and salt or pepper at will.
And you can serve. Sprinkle with parmesan soup for each bowl and decorate with basil.
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Main course 1-zucchini aglio olio
In Italy, they have a slightly different meals system than we do. The appetizer is followed by the so -called Primo Piatto, which is running with spaghetti or rice. Then they have Secondo Piatto, which is some kind of meat. To be the main star zucchini, you can be inspired by one of the following two “main courses”. And the first are Aglio Olio spaghetti with zucchini.
Ingredients on 4 portions:
300 grams of zucchini
500 grams of spaghetti
8 tablespoons of olive oil
8 cloves of finely sliced garlic
Black pepper
Salt
2 handfuls of chopped parsley
Procedure::
Fill the pot with water and cook. In the meantime, cut the garlic finely and grate the zucchini. Squeeze about half of the water from the zucchini. Once the water is bubbling, add salt and cook it with spaghetti. Remember that they will cook in a pan, so that they are nice al dente, do not cook them in the water completely.
Prepare a deep pan, pour oil into it and heat it. Add garlic and stir for a minute. Then add the chopped parsley, stir for half a minute and add the pasta. A little water should get into the pan, which then evaporates.
Mix thoroughly and finally add the zucchini. Shift for another two minutes and you can serve. Add a little more oil to the plates and sprinkle with parmesan.
Main course 2 – Zucchini FritTata
Zucchini frittata is another option for a light main coursein which zucchini will shine beautifully. The portion is again for four people.
Ingredients:
1 medium zucchini
14 eggs
4 tablespoons of oil
4 cloves of garlic
200 milliliters of whipping cream
300 grams of grated cheese
A pinch of nutmeg
Parsley leaves
Salt
Pepper
Procedure::
Peel the first zucchini, remove its seeds and grate on a tear grater. Salt lightly and squeeze the water from the zucchini. Now pour oil on the large pan and heat it. Add the grated zucchini.
Mix it thoroughly and then simmer. Add crushed garlic, a little nutmeg and spice. Pour the parsley leaves on the zucchini. Whisk all eggs, add salt, and then mix the cream to whip. Pour the zucchini with an egg mixture, slightly reduce the flame and cover the pan with a lid. When the eggs solidify, sprinkle the food with grated cheese, which you let. And that’s it. Bon appetite.
