In the season is difficult to resist the dishes based on this stunning vegetable. In this article, we will try again to go beyond ordinary recipes and devote time in the kitchen to preparing interesting snacks from courgettes.
Spicy appetizer from zucchini for the winter
Let's start with an off-the-shelf recipe for snacks, which can be stored in cans throughout the winter, open as needed, spread out on crispy toast or simply serve with vegetable garnishes.
Ingredients:
- zucchini - 1,3 kg;
- onion - 750 g;
- white wine vinegar - 380 ml;
- sweet pepper - 460 g;
- sugar - 140 g;
- hot chilli - to taste;
- seeds of mustard and celery - 1 teaspoon each;
- pinch of turmeric.
Preparation
Using a blender or a simple large grater, chop zucchini and onions, transfer them to the saucepan and abundantly salt. After a couple of hours (and maybe all night), drain the vegetables from the liquid, rinse them with iced water and again carefully wring out. Add to the salted onions and zucchini slices of pepper, both sweet and spicy, as well as seeds of mustard and celery, vinegar, turmeric and sugar. Stew the snack in the saucepan for half an hour, and then spread it over sterile jars and close.
Appetizer from courgettes with tomatoes and garlic
Ingredients:
- zucchini - 320 g;
- tomato - 320 g;
- cottage cheese - 175 g;
- garlic teeth - 2 pieces;
- cream cheese - 135 g;
- grated Parmesan - 45 g.
Preparation
Preliminarily bring the oven temperature to 170 degrees. Zucchini and tomatoes cut into circles of equal thickness and approximately equal in diameter. In a mortar with sea salt, grind the garlic paste in a paste. Blender the cottage cheese with cream cheese, add there garlic paste and repeat the procedure. Lubricate the cheese mass with a base of zucchini, top with the tomato and sprinkle with the remaining parmesan cheese. Prepare a zucchini from courgettes for 6-7 minutes.
How to cook a zucchini snack?
Ingredients:
- zucchini - 2 pcs .;
- a handful of raisins;
- goat cheese - 150 g;
- pine nuts - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon juice - 15 ml;
- olive oil - 15 ml.
Preparation
Heat the frying pan and grill it with olive oil. Lay on the surface of the ribbon chopped along zucchini and let it sit on both sides until it turns rosy. Sprinkle the finished pieces with lemon juice and cover with goat cheese. Squash ribbons folded "snail", placed on a platter vertically and sprinkled with raisins with pine nuts.
Appetizer from zucchini on toast
Ingredients:
- baguette;
- zucchini - 120 g;
- tomato - 120 g;
- onion - 45 g;
- fresh basil leaves - 10 pcs .;
- olive oil - 15 ml;
- Balsamic glaze - to taste.
Preparation
Slices of baguette browned in a dry frying pan or under a grill. Zucchini with onions, let on a drop of oil until soft, and a minute before cooking, put tomatoes to them. Mix the vegetables with the remains of butter and balsamic, spread over toast and sprinkle with basil leaves.
Cold appetizer from courgettes with garlic
Did you know that zucchini can be eaten raw? They have a very unobtrusive taste and a pleasant texture. Be sure to try our recipe.
Ingredients:
- leaves of basil - 1 item;
- garlic teeth - 3 pieces;
- cottage cheese - 140 g;
- yoghurt - 45 ml;
- olive oil - 10 ml;
- lemon juice - 15 ml;
- zucchini - 1 piece;
- a handful of cherry tomatoes.
Preparation
Grind the basil leaves with garlic and add to the resulting sauce curd with yoghurt. Thoroughly beat together, seasoning with sea salt, lemon juice and olive oil. Cut the zucchini with thin ribbons, grease the resulting curd mixture and roll into a roll, laying on one of the edges of the strip a small cherry tomato.