Pancakes with courgette flowers
Instructions
Remove Zucchini blossom in the middle and open them, making sure that inside there are no insects or soil; rinse with a damp cloth and thin spezzettateli.
Put the egg yolk in a bowl and tilted or bumped as with sugar, the grated zest of half a lemon, a tablespoon of olive oil and two tablespoons of Brandy: you must obtain a mixture is smooth and homogeneous.
Add then the cold milk and the flour mixed with yeast, by dropping it to rain from sieved; worked fine with a wood spoon, taking care that no form of lumps, then add the chopped courgette flowers, a pinch of salt and stir.
Place the saucepan on the heat of deep fried with plenty of fresh oil (i.
e.
not used for other firings); When it is hot but not boiling make yourself a part of the mixture in spoonfuls, leaving Cook and Brown the pancakes on both sides.
Drain, posatele on kitchen paper, keep them warm and continue to cook them other, until the exhaustion of the compound.
Finally, place the fritters on a plate covered with a napkin and serve immediately.
Ingredients and dosing for 4 persons
- 150 g of white flour
- 100 g of milk
- 75 g of granulated sugar
- 20 fresh zucchini flowers
- 1/2 lemon (zest)
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil (or vegetable oil)
- 2 tablespoons of brandy (or brandy)
- 1/2 teaspoon of yeast
- 1 pinch of salt