Sweet Fried Zucchini Flowers

Name: Sweet Fried Zucchini Flowers (Fritto di Fiori di Zucchini Dolci)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 5 egg yolks; caster sugar; dry breadcrumbs; 2 eggs, beaten; 8–12 (male) zucchini flowers, depending on size, but not too open (females have the beginnings of a zucchini, males have only a stem); light olive oil; 5 tablespoons sugar; peel of ½ lemon; rum; Alchermes liqueur; 5 tablespoons flour; ½ litre/¾ pt milk

Fritto di Fiori di Zucchini Dolci

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Leaves from The Walnut Tree

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

About

This recipe comes from an anonymous cookery book written in 1891 called Il cuoco perfetto marchigiano—The Perfect Marchigiani Cook.

Ingredients

8–12 (male) zucchini flowers, depending on size, but not too open (females have the beginnings of a zucchini, males have only a stem)

Europe
Italy
Marche
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Make the custard first

Beat the egg yolks, sugar and flour together. Bring the milk to the boil with the lemon peel, lower the heat and slowly add the egg, sugar and flour mixture, stirring continuously. Cook for 10 minutes and keep on stirring. Be careful that the bottom does not catch. Remove from the heat and leave to get cold.

Wash and dry the zucchini flowers. Remove the