Parmesan-Fried Courgette

Name: Parmesan-Fried Courgette
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 2-3 medium-sized courgettes; 3-4 tbsp plain flour, seasoned; about 100 ml (3½ fl oz) milk; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3-4 tbsp finely grated parmesan; vegetable or corn oil, for frying

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Simple Art of Marrying Food and Wine

By Malcolm Gluck and Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

WE SERVE THESE AT DAPHNE’S IN CHELSEA, and they are often ordered as a pre-dinner snack with the bread rather than as a vegetable dish - which is exactly what I suggest you do with them. The easiest way to shred these is with a slicing gadget called a mandolin.

Ingredients

2-3 medium-sized courgettes
vegetable or corn oil, for frying
3-4 tbsp plain flour, sea

Snack
Dinner
cheese
Vegetarian

Method

Cut the courgettes into 10 cm (4-inch) lengths, and shred them finely with a knife, or with a shredding attachment on a mandolin or a food processor. Heat about 8 cm (3¼ inch) of oi