Fried Squash Blossom With Heirloom Tomatoes

  1. Instructions:
  2. To make dressing
  3. Take your cucumber and place into a food processor until fully pureed, then add your vinegar, sugar, and garlic while the machine is still running. Remove your product and place into a mixing bowl and with a fine whisk add your remaining ingredients and mix together till well incorporated. Put into refrigerator until service time. Mix again just before service to make sure it is well incorporated.
  4. Set your plates:
  5. Put on each plate the two leaves of butter leaf lettuce
  6. And layer three slices of the tomato, place in refrigerator to keep cold
  7. If you wish, sprinkle your tomatoes with a touch of sea salt
  8. For the blossoms:
  9. Mix your flour, paprika, chili powder, pepper, and salt until well incorporated.
  10. Bring your 2 cups of oil to 325 degrees in a shallow sauterne pan so that there is about a 1/2 inch level of oil
  11. Wash blossoms very well in very cold water, making sure to check into the area of the stamen for any dirt or bugs. Shake off the water well. Dredge your blossoms well in the flour mixture, only the outside of the blossom needs to be done, and immediately place in the oil to fry. Do as many as you can fit in the pan at once. Fry on each side for about 30 - 45 seconds until just lightly browned. Place onto a draining rack or paper towel while you finish all six. Serve immediately and top with a few good spoons of dressing, your chives and a couple of turns of the pepper mill ENJOY!!!

ingredients, blossoms, outer, tbl enriched flour, tbl paprika, chili powder, fresh ground black pepper, salt, peanut, choice, butter, dressing, plain yogurt, best food mayonnaise, hothouse cucumber, tbl rice, tbl of sugar, parsley, tbl, tbl, tbl, salt, chives

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/fried-squash-blossom-with-heirloom-tomatoes-1233106 (may not work)

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