Well friends, today we have a super tasty recipe, STUFFED, BREADED, AND FRIED ZUCCHINI ROUNDS. Those who follow me know that the art of ‘what to cook today without going out and making do with what I have’ is something I do very well. In this case, I had two zucchinis, a handful of green olives to use up, some sun-dried tomatoes, and cooked ham left in the fridge that no one wanted, except my malamute Axel, who, as you can see from the video, won’t let a slice of ham pass by his nose😜, and some stale bread. I assure you this turned into a recipe worth replicating when you have guests… Try them!!!!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 898.08 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 17.82 (g) of which sugars 0.88 (g)
- Proteins 15.40 (g)
- Fat 87.12 (g) of which saturated 17.32 (g)of which unsaturated 64.95 (g)
- Fibers 2.47 (g)
- Sodium 630.56 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2 zucchinis
- 15 green olives
- 3 sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- 3.5 oz crusty bread (stale)
- 1/2 cup milk (to soak the bread)
- 3 oz cooked ham
- 1.75 oz emmentaler cheese
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 2 eggs (for breading)
- to taste all-purpose flour (for breading)
- to taste breadcrumbs (for breading)
- 1.25 cups peanut oil
Tools
- 1 Knife
- Bowls
- Frying Pans
Steps
First, cut the zucchini into rounds that are not too thin since they need to hold the filling.
Boil the zucchini in plenty of salted water for about 10 minutes.
With a knife, hollow out the center of the round and place the pulp in a bowl.
Chop the green olives and add them to the bowl with the zucchini pulp.
Squeeze well by hand to remove the zucchini liquid.
Chop the sun-dried tomatoes and add them along with the zucchini and olives.
Add the bread soaked in milk.
Chop the cooked ham
Add it to the rest of the filling.
Add the Emmental cheese pieces to the filling as well.
Now very gently stuff the rounds
First pass them in flour
Then in the egg
and finally in breadcrumbs.
Continue until all the zucchinis are breaded.
Fry in plenty of peanut oil and serve
