Zucchini flower

zucchini

I grow 6 zucchini plants this year and they are starting to produce a lot. When there is going to be more zucchini than I can finish, I will cut them small, just a couple days old with huge flowers still attach and in good condition. It is for eating the flowers that I decided to grow that many plants.

zucchini & flowers

Sometimes I will stuff the flowers with minced meat and steam for 10 minutes, just like making wonton or raviole, but using a colourful wrapping.

This time I put them in lamb stew, for adding colour to the dish.

1. Sear a thick slice of lamb leg well, de-glace pan with liqueur, place in Tajine or baking dish with lid, season with soy sauce, cut up pitted prunes, black pepper, 5-spices powder, a little cumin seed and a handful of roughly chopped almonds.

2. Bake at 180˚C until lamb is cooked to your liking, around 20 minutes. Add cut up zucchini and whole flowers, rest for 10 minutes before serving, flowers should still keep the bright colour.