Being right in the middle of the courgette season, here is another mediterranean speciality: fried blossoms with cheese inside. A simple, yet elegant starter for a dinner table... as long as you are able to find fresh blossoms. They should be picked early in the morning, before sunrise. Do look for them in your market in morning hours. They are pretty delicate, wash and dry them carefully and do not store unused ones more than two days in the fridge.
- courgette blossoms
- cornmeal
- slices of feta cheese
- 1-2 eggs, according to the number of blossoms
- olive oil for frying
Wash blossoms and pat dry with paper towels. Whisk the eggs in a shallow bowl and place the cornmeal in another. Open the blossoms and place one slice of feta cheese in each, try to cover by overlapping the edges of the flower. Dip them in the egg mixture. It will help edges to stick together. Then dip them in cornmeal one by one and leave gently to the frying pan which has at least 2cm deep oil in the bottom. Fry blossoms until their color turns golden and leave on paper towels to get rid of the excess oil. Serve warm with yoghurt aside. Enjoy!
How great to find you back !!! And what a lovely recipe. I will also try to find courgette blossoms on the market. I love them stuffed with goat cheese and drizzled with honey. Or filled with trout mousse or or or... so many recipes. so little time. Big hugs to you and hopefully until soon again, hope everything is at its best, angelika
I would really like to try these, one of these days! Yours look so delicious. I feel as if I can reach through the screen and take one.
Paz
Thank you both Angelika and Paz, very much. It is good to be back and hard to keep track of many tasty recipes which have appeared on the blogs. Actually it is very easy to grow your own courgettes and harvest the blossoms if you have a small piece of land. Why not to tyr?:-)
This is my favorite food in the whole world. I lovezucchini blossoms so much that, although I have no garden, I am trying to grow some in containers, with my herbs, on the porch.
It is not yet the season here, but i'm hoping to have some blossoms in a few weeks. wish me luck!
Hello Lindy, I had the chance to visit your lovely blog and liked your small herb garden. I am trying to have the same here, they are the most wanted herbs in my kitchen. As for the blossoms, I wish you all the luck! I will follow the result in yout blog:-)