Frittered courgette flowers and sage leaves

Name: Frittered courgette flowers and sage leaves
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: About 75 g soft fresh white cheese; 12 courgette flowers; 1 egg; 150 g strong white flour; Olive oil, for shallow-frying; 12 sage leaves; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 175 ml very cold water

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Cook’s Year in a Welsh Farmhouse

By Elisabeth Luard

Published 2011

About

The combination of soft and creamy with crisp and fragrant works really well. Use the batter for anything that needs a delicate coating, such as finely sliced courgettes and aubergines, slivers of chicken breast, prawns or fish fillets.

Ingredients

12 courgette flowers
About 75 g soft fresh white cheese
12

Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Spread out the flowers like hollow trumpets. Drop a little ball of the soft cheese into each one and fold the ends so the cheese doesn’t fall out. Rinse the sage leaves and pat dry.

Now make the batter. Sift the flour into a bowl, season with salt and pepper and make a well in the centre. Whisk the egg lightly with the water and vinegar and tip the mixture into the well in the flour. Gr