Courgettes with Smetana

Name: Courgettes with Smetana (Kabachki w Smetane)
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 4 small courgettes (zucchini); 4 small courgettes (zucchini); 45-75 ml/3-5 tbsp plain white (all-purpose) flour; 30 ml/2 tbsp rapeseed (canola) oil; 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup smetana or crème fraîche; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup smetana or crème fraîche; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; rye bread to serve

Kabachki w Smetane

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen

By Elena Makhonko

Published 2015

About

Russians who have their own dacha (country house) grow their own vegetables. Courgette plants usually yield a good harvest. They are preserved, salted or marinated, fried and mixed with caviar and also fried and served in a creamy, mild smetana sauce.

Ingredients

4 small courgettes (zucchini)
45-75 ml/3-5 tbsp plain white (all-purpose) flour

Europe
Russia
Side dish
Vegetarian
Low carb
Low sugar
Very low sodium
Low sodium

Method

Cut the courgettes into 1cm/½in thick slices. Coat the slices, on both sides, in the flour.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan, then add the courgettes, working in batches if necessary to form a single layer, and fry for about 1 minute on eac

Energy 312kcal/1290kJ; Protein 5.7g; Carbohydrate 13.4g, of which sugars 4.5g; Fat 26.5g, of which saturates 14.4g; Cholesterol 56mg; Calcium 111mg; Fibre 2.5g; Sodium 17mg.