Recipe#11236
Title: Fried Pumpkin Flowers
From: santoni@dada.it (Carlo Santoni)Newsgroups: rec.food.veg.cooking
Subject: Fried Pumpkin Flowers
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:03:15 GMT
Message-ID: MPG.ff9bf47fa4adf5c9896aa@news.dada.it
Fiori di zucca ripieni- "Fichi"
(Filled pumpkin flowers)
This was a course typical of Marradi (Tuscany/Italy) used as breakfast
during the threshing.
Open pumpkin flowers
3 hectograms of "ricotta"
finely chopped garlic and parsley
1 hectograms of Parmesan cheese
2 egg yolks
Prepare a mixture with parsley, garlic, Parmesan cheese, "ricotta"
and egg yolks, then fill the flowers after having taken away the
yellow pistil. Close them very carefully, dip them in flour and
then dip them in a batter made with egg, flour and water. Fry them
in a pan with very hot oil. It is possible to cook them in tomato
sauce, by adding some mashed tomatoes and chopped garlic and parsley.