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Pumpkin flowers, let's season the pizza! – Italian Cuisine

For those who have tried zucchini flowers in every way, but not yet on pizza. A delicate condiment to combine with anchovies, but not only

You have tried them fried, gratin is stuffed, but have you ever thought about putting i courgette flowers on pizza? It can be combined with anchovies, whose strong flavor goes perfectly with the more delicate one of the courgette flowers, but everyone is free to choose other ingredients and thus find your perfect match.

The pizza topped with courgette flowers

Ingredients

To prepare the dough for pizza with courgette flowers you will need: 450 g of flour 0, 50 g of wholemeal flour, 300 ml of water, a spoonful of extra virgin olive oil, salt, fresh brewer's yeast. For the filling: 100 g of courgette flowers, 150 g of fiordilatte mozzarella, 100 g of anchovy fillets in oil.

Method

For the preparation of thepizza dough with pumpkin flowers we refer you to ours recipe with all the useful tips to do it at home without problems. The Advice is to combine 0 flour with some wholemeal flour for enhance the taste pumpkin flowers.

After doing rise the pizza and having it placed on a baking tray, it is time to bake it in the oven at 220 ° C for 15 minutes, with half of the mozzarella provided by the filling and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. While the pizza is cooking, washed and cleaned courgette flowers e insaporiteli with a little oil and salt in a container.

After 15 minutes, remove the pizza from the oven, add the raw courgette flowers, the anchovies and the remaining mozzarella and put it back in the oven for another 5 minutes.

Browse the tutorial to discover other possible combinations with pumpkin flower pizza

Courgette and raw flowers parmigiana – Italian Cuisine

Clean the courgettes and flowers: remove the ends from the courgettes and cut them into thin slices lengthwise; remove the base and pistils from the flowers and open them (so as to spread them in a single sheet).

Grease the pan and start composing your Parmigiana: create a layer of zucchini, salt, then create a layer of flowers, finally add mozzarella and a drizzle of oil.
Keep it up, creating other layers from zucchini.

Finish with a layer of courgettes, season with a drizzle of oil and then with the grated Parmesan, then cook for about 40 minutes in a static preheated oven at 180 ° C.

The raw zucchini and flowers parmigiana is ready: let it rest for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Zucchini pasta and courgette flowers – Italian Cuisine

First, the vate zucchini and courgette flowers (you can also use courgette flowers) and clean them: remove the ends of the courgettes and cut them into thin slices, and clean the courgette flowers by removing the base and pistil.

Clean the onion and mince it, then let it dry in a non-stick pan with a little oil.
Also add the courgettes and let them stew for a few minutes with the lid, then remove the lid, add the speck cut into strips and the flowers cut in half and add the white wine.
Season with salt and pepper and add the cherry tomatoes (washed and diced) and cook for a few minutes.

In the meantime, cook the pasta in plenty of salted water and drain it al dente, keeping a little cooking water.
Add the pasta to the pan and sauté it in the sauce for a few minutes, adding cooking water if needed.

Zucchini and courgette flowers pasta is ready: serve hot, warm or even cold.