Recipe Archives->Vegetables->Zucchini Blossoms 02

RICOTTA-STUFFED ZUCCHINI FLOWERS
Servings: 10

1 lb ricotta cheese
1 onion, minced
1/2 c toasted almonds or pine nuts (finely chopped)
1/2 c grated Asiago or Parmesan cheese
1/2 ts ground pepper 
1 t seasoned salt 
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil (or 1 teaspoon dried)
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 t butter, melted
20 zucchini flowers or more, or any squash flowers, freshly picked and rinsed 
Nasturtiums for garnish

Mix together all ingredients except butter and flowers. With filling
at room temperature, use a pastry tube to carefully stuff flowers;
do not overfill.  Drizzle melted butter over flowers and cook in
microwave on medium power for 3 minutes, or at 350 F in regular
oven for about 15 minutes. Be careful not to let filling ooze out
of flowers. Garnish with nasturtiums stuffed with extra filling.

Printable version: zucchini-blossoms02.txt.