ZUCCHINI

Homegrown Zucchinis were shared at our sports club, I took one home to cook for dinner.  Often we have lots of different vegetables from the members sharing their harvest.
Dishes I have prepared of the zucchini: a soup, half-moon the pink moon, and zucchini omelette.

Zucchini Omelet
Zucchini thin slices, 13 rounds

2 tablespoons soft butter
2 whole eggs and one yolk
1/2 cup cooked cabbage
1/.2 cup cooked meat-chicken, beef or ham
Chives, fresh garlic, salt to taste.
1 tablespoon oil
( Mix all ingredients together except the zucchini slices)


Brush the bottom saucepan with butter generously, place the sliced zucchini on to cover the surface.
Put the pan over a medium-hot stove to cook the zucchini until a little soft.
Pour in the egg mixture, spread over the zucchini evenly.
Cover with baking paper, lower the heat and cook until it firms up for 7 minutes
When it is firmed up, gently turn over, now you could see the brownish zucchini on top.
Place back the baking paper and weighted with a spatula or a large spoon and continue cooking for 3 minutes over medium heat.  Transfer on a chopping board lined with clean paper, garnished with chopped chives and fresh green.
Cut to wedges to served with pickled cucumber or acar.

The Cooking

 Serving

It was delish, real and honest home cooking.  No-fuss for presentation, messy but tasty.

It is a lite dish, enjoy as it is or serve with buttered crusty bread.





The Pink Moon.

The pink moon is ready to steam.

You could tell straight away girls, that it is my own creation, my daughters know me so well that I call all my cooking with strange titles.
AAHHH, why not, we have to have a good laugh, it keeps us young. (to be continued)Continued and Updated Today 3-2-2019.  The pink moon is a dish made out of sliced round zucchini to wrap prawn, and a mouse then steamed.  Serve as it is with a sauce.

The Pink Moons served with Mango Sauce.

To make the pink moon, start with cutting a thin slice zucchini rounds. Scattered with cooking salt, leave it for 7-11 minutes.

Round slices for the pink moon, the diced one to add to a clear soup

The Soup

For the soup, diced zucchini add in the last three minutes cooking broth, served as a clear soup. An intensely nourishing soup served in spring or summer.

Zucchini Soup Garnished with a meatball.

I prepared a white stock the other day, and it was practical cooking, I did not concern about the details.  Boiled chicken bones and chicken meat add in star anise and a pinch of dried parsley.  Cooked for over an hour on and of as I could not be in the kitchen all the time.  The result was that the broth is very muddy, looking not clear, but the flavour was good.  I decided to clarify the stock to make a better presentation.  It worked, it looks clean and healthy, this broth was used for the based of my zucchini soup. 

Clarify a stock is advisable at any time because you could get rid of the bits and the bones, the result is a clear liquid.  You feel safe to give to your family

Clarifying the Stock
One beaten egg white adds little cold water, this mixture is for clarified one-litre stock.

Pour the stock on a colander lined with fine cloth,
very gently to have a clean stock.

Add in the egg white mixture in a hot stock
boil for a few minutes cool down before the strain

The bits and the bones hold onto the egg white, ready to discard.
Do not attempt to taste it as it has lots of small bits of sharp bones-could be.

As I said, the stock was clean but not refined enough, I was happy to use the stock for my zucchini soup to serve for my family.
It was clearing the stock for a safety reason to serve, but it was not making consommé. If you do, do wish to make a consommé, please look up an older post.  I posted a gorgeous consummé with pictures on how to do.  It was on 2 June 2011

Clear consommé

consommé garnished with diced vegetables

Pancakes.

Filling for Pancake Rolls

julienne carrots and zucchini

It was a large Zucchini, and here still some a leftover to julienne and mixed with the tofu to make the filling for pancake rolls.  Spices for the filling: garlic, white pepper and sweet soy.  You could add julienne carrot to make more colourful.


I used the shredded zucchini to add to quick mix bread once upon a time, and the result was great, a delicious savoury bread took them to a BBQ party, and they were agreeable, people loved them.

Another zucchini with deliciousness is to make a chocolate cake, it's moist and light.

Hope, you are out there able to share your idea how to use and to cook fresh zucchini, I love to learn more.  😋

Herbs such as thyme, basil and parsley are excellent, they go very well with zucchini.




Thanks for Visiting
Susy