Ever eat a flower?
So my awesome friend Maria came to visit from San Fransisco!
We both went to RIT for undergrad and graduate work, however, once we graduated she headed back to the west coast while I stuck around good old Rochester (much to my mom's chagrin) It was great having her back and we enjoyed MANY meals out and about (Abyssinia, Aladdin's, Dino BBQ, Abbots custard, Phillips European...) Come on we had to visit all our old stomping grounds!! One of the other places Maria wanted to hit up was the public market. While we were there we stumbled upon some zucchini flowers.
Maria spotted them and snatched them up, saying she'd give her mom a ring to get her recipe for deep frying them... although we already knew we were going to make them healthier one way or another :) I had never had them before so I was wicked excited to try up a new recipe!
A quick dip in a whole wheat flour, egg, and milk concoction. Her mom's recipe called for club soda... we didn't have any... so we went with the milk option :) Basically we made a batter similar to a crepe and tossed them in.
Then into a super hot pan with a little drizzle of olive oil.
Our first batch was just the dipped flowers. You could totally taste the zucchini flavor in them... next came a "mozzarella stick" version packed with shredded cheese (AMAZING). Next came cheese with some lightly sauteed garlic and spinach stuffed in... EVEN BETTER!
We also tried a version with cornmeal instead of the flour... the verdict...
NASTY! hahahah oh well, we tried :) It did look pretty!
We both went to RIT for undergrad and graduate work, however, once we graduated she headed back to the west coast while I stuck around good old Rochester (much to my mom's chagrin) It was great having her back and we enjoyed MANY meals out and about (Abyssinia, Aladdin's, Dino BBQ, Abbots custard, Phillips European...) Come on we had to visit all our old stomping grounds!! One of the other places Maria wanted to hit up was the public market. While we were there we stumbled upon some zucchini flowers.
Maria spotted them and snatched them up, saying she'd give her mom a ring to get her recipe for deep frying them... although we already knew we were going to make them healthier one way or another :) I had never had them before so I was wicked excited to try up a new recipe!
A quick dip in a whole wheat flour, egg, and milk concoction. Her mom's recipe called for club soda... we didn't have any... so we went with the milk option :) Basically we made a batter similar to a crepe and tossed them in.
Then into a super hot pan with a little drizzle of olive oil.Our first batch was just the dipped flowers. You could totally taste the zucchini flavor in them... next came a "mozzarella stick" version packed with shredded cheese (AMAZING). Next came cheese with some lightly sauteed garlic and spinach stuffed in... EVEN BETTER!
We also tried a version with cornmeal instead of the flour... the verdict...
NASTY! hahahah oh well, we tried :) It did look pretty!
Heather on 
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