Carpaccio di Zucchini

Name: Carpaccio di Zucchini (Carpaccio of Courgettes)
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Parmesan, in the piece; salt and pepper; 4 medium courgettes, very fresh and about 10 cm long; 1 lemon; Salad of Rocket and Truffle; very good olive oil

Carpaccio of Courgettes

Preparation info

4
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Alastair Little's Italian Kitchen

By Alastair Little

Published 1996

About

I’ve never been particularly fond of vegetarian dishes where an attempt is made to replace meat with a substitute. (Soyaburgers spring to mind.) This is the exception. It is best made at the last minute.

Ingredients

4 medium courgettes, very fresh and about 10 cm long
Salad of Rocket and Truffle

Europe
Italy
Starter
Spring
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Top and tail the courgettes. Slice them longitudinally as thinly as you can (preferably with a mandolin, but be careful with your fingers). Discard the first and last slices as they have too much skin on.

Make the rocket salad. Arrange the courgettes on a tray and squeeze the lemon juice all over them. Season, and then arrange on the rocket. Throw away any lemon juice remaining on the t