Zucchini Tops

Cime di Zucchini

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Leaves from The Walnut Tree: Cooking of a Lifetime

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

  • About

When the zucchini plants have finished flowering you are left with little clusters of tiny zucchini and tender leaves sprouting from the top. Before you pull the plants up, nip these tops off; the clusters should be cut about 8–10 cm/3–4 in long. It is a tradition in the Marche to serve these cime di z