Fiori di Zucchini Fritti

Name: Fiori di Zucchini Fritti (Deep-Fried Courgette Flowers)
Yield: For 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150 g (5 oz) plain flour; 2 eggs; 20 courgette flowers, orange coloured but still closed; 4 tbsp beer; salt and pepper; 20 courgette flowers, orange coloured but still closed; olive oil for deep-frying; salt and pepper

Deep-Fried Courgette Flowers

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Carluccio's Complete Italian Food

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

About

There are two ways of cooking this curious dish — with the flowers either stuffed or simply dipped in batter and fried. Both ways are wonderful.

Ingredients

2 eggs
150 g (5 oz) plain flour
4

Europe
Italy
Side dish
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Beat the eggs with some salt and pepper and then add the flour and beer and mix well to obtain a light batter. If the flowers are already open, check for insects inside.

Dip the flowers in the batter one by one and deep-fry in hot oil a few at a time until golden. Use a fairly small pan for frying so the oil level is higher and you will need less.