Name: Stuffed courgette flowers with olive dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 100g plain flour; 100g cornflour; 200ml cold sparkling water; 2 x 150g balls mozzarella; 12 courgette flowers; sunflower oil for deep frying; small handful of good green olives pitted and chopped; 2 ripe tomatoes deseeded and diced; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; small bunch basil thinly sliced

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Stuffed courgette flowers with olive dressing

Stuffed courgette flowers with olive dressing

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Serves 4 - 6

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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Crisp courgette flowers stuffed with mozzarella - a seasonal summer favourite!

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100g plain flour
100g cornflour
200ml cold sparkling water
2 x 150g balls mozzarella
12 courgette flowers
sunflower oil

for deep frying

For the dressing

small handful of good green olives

pitted and chopped
2 ripe tomatoes

deseeded and diced
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
small bunch basil

thinly sliced

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Nutrition: per serving (4)

kcal555
fat36g
saturates12g
carbs44g
sugars2g
fibre2g
protein17g
salt1.16g

low

Method

step 1

For the dressing, combine the olives, tomatoes and vinegar with seasoning and enough of the oil to bind. Set aside, then add the basil just before serving.
step 2

Sieve the flours with a pinch of salt into a large bowl and make a well in the centre. Pour in the water and stir to combine. Do not overbeat the mixture – it should be just combined and can have a few lumps.
step 3

Drain and pat the mozzarella balls dry, tear into small pieces, then season. To stuff the flowers, open the petals, pop in some mozzarella, then gently twist the petals to re-seal them.
step 4

Heat the sunflower oil in a large pan until a cube of bread browns in 20 secs. Drop the flowers into the batter, then remove, shaking off excess. Fry in batches of 2 or 3 until lightly golden, drain on kitchen paper and season with a little salt. Keep warm in a low oven as you cook the rest. Pile onto a platter and drizzle with the dressing.

RECIPE TIPS

COURGETTE FLOWERS

Courgette flowers are one of the few truly seasonal ingredients and their time is short. If you can’t find them, fry courgette slices or baby courgettes and serve mozzarella and dressing on the side.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2011

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