What to cook zucchini

Zucchini is not only cheap, but an almost universal vegetable. They can be baked or broiled, steamed, baked, stuffed whole, to serve with pasta and put in salads, grating cheese to add to the dough, or to cook them pancakes and burgers.

The most popular ways to cook zucchini

One of the most popular ways to cook squash is grilling. Pieces of vegetable roll in flour and fry in vegetable oil until crisp. So it is good to prepare very young fruits, the same as there are older meaning before serving, put in a cream or tomato sauce. An interesting variation on the simple roasting is cooking in batter. You will need:
- 2 young zucchini;
- 300 grams of wheat flour;
- olive oil;
- 300 ml of light beer;
- 50 grams of grated Parmesan;
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley.

Slice the zucchini into thin slices. Heat the oil on medium heat until a light haze. Whisk the beer with the flour in a light foamy dough, add the Parmesan. Dip slices of zucchini in batter and fry until Golden brown. Serve, sprinkled with parsley.

In the kitchens of different Nations of the world there are many recipes for stuffed zucchini. For example, such dishes have the Turks, Mexicans and even Indians. Try to stuff a zucchini in Italian style. To do this, take:
- 4 thick zucchini;
400 grams veal mince;
150 grams long grain rice;
- 1 chopped onions;
- 2 large chopped tomato;
- 2 crushed garlic cloves;
- 100 grams of tomato paste;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 4 tablespoons of grated Parmesan;
- 2 tablespoons thyme leaves;
- 1 teaspoon of rosemary leaves;
- salt and pepper.

You can cook these zucchini with lamb, chicken, Turkey or mixed meat.

Boil the rice until tender, drain and cool. Cut each squash in half, remove pits. Put cut down on the laid foil baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes in a preheated 180 ° oven. Fry the mince, add onion and garlic, fry for another 5 minutes, add the chopped tomatoes and tomato paste, season with salt, pepper and herbs. Stir and bring the mixture to a boil. Remove from heat and mix with rice. Nafarshiruyte "boats" of zucchini, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve warm.

Baking with zucchini

Shredded zucchini is suitable not only for making Golden pancakes, you can bake bread, put them in the filling for open pies or pizzas, and even make cakes or cupcakes. For quick muffins with zucchini you will need:
- 50 grams of grated zucchini;
- 1 chopped Apple;
- 1 orange cut in half;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 75 grams of butter;
- 300 grams of wheat flour;
- ½ Teaspoon of baking powder;
- ½ Teaspoon of cinnamon;
- 100 grams of powdered sugar:
- a handful of soft sultanas.

Grease muffin tins with oil. Add to grated the zucchini and apples the juice from the orange, add the egg and butter, beat into a uniform mass. Sift flour with baking powder and cinnamon, add raisins and powdered sugar. Combine dry and wet mixture, gently mix with a spoon. Fill the molds and bake for 20-25 minutes in a preheated oven 190оС.

Cakes with zucchini are perfectly blended with lemon and chocolate icing.

Other dishes with zucchini

Zucchini – the perfect accompaniment to Italian pasta. If young fruits are cut into wide, thin ribbons, they will go well with noodles. Also, the zucchini not only put in vegetable soups as one of the ingredients, but are based on different cream and puree soups. With zucchini serves both cold and warm salads, in the first vegetable is often added raw. And, of course, zucchini pickled and salted, and cook them delicious jam.