Zucchini in Agrodolce

Sweet–sour courgettes

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    3

    as a first course
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cooking of the Mediterranean

By Jane Grigson

Published 1991

  • About

I think that recipes like this and Sarde a Beccafico are the closest we get to medieval cooking, with its air of the Middle East and Saracen tastes.

Ingredients

  • 500 g (1 lb) small courgettes
  • a large clove of garlic, chopped fine

Method

Cut the courgettes into slices lengthways, so that they end up as strips. Simmer the garlic in the oil gently for 2 minutes, and then put in the courgettes. Keep them moving about until coated and beginning to colour lightly. Pour in the vinegar and water and cover with foil, or a lid. Simmer for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, rinse the anchovy fillets if salted, or drain the oil from canned on