📋Italian Zucchini Fritters Recipe with Zucchini Flowers

Italian zucchini fritters sucked up on a serving plate

📋Italian Zucchini Fritters Recipe with Zucchini Flowers

Italian zucchini fritters, also known as frittelle di zucchine, are a delicious and easy antipasto that will impress your friends and family. Made with fresh zucchini, these little pancakes are perfect for showcasing the versatile vegetable in a new and exciting way.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Italian

Keyword zucchini frittata, zucchini fritters, zucchini pancakes

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Servings people

Calories 600kcal

Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

10 zucchini flowers
6 zucchini
1 cup grated mozzarella
1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup flour
3 fresh eggs
1 pinch black pepper
4 tablespoon olive oil for frying

Instructions

Wash the flowers making sure there are no insects inside. Cut the sepal but leave the pedicel of male flowers. Let them drain upside down.
10 zucchini flowers
Cut the flowers in slices along the petal
Rinse the zucchini and either shred them or slice them in very thinly. Best to use a shredder
6 zucchini
Mix the flowers and the zucchini with all the ingredients
1 cup grated mozzarella, 1 tablespoon freshly grated Parmesan, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ cup flour, 3 fresh eggs, 1 pinch black pepper
In a frying pan add some olive oil
4 tablespoon olive oil
With your hand shape the small frittata patty and fry for about 10 minutes
Turn the other side once golden
Lay on a kitchen towel to absorb the oil
Arrange them on a serving dish and serve still warm

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Notes

Buy medium / small zucchini as they have fewer seeds
I cut the zucchini in thin slices as my zucchini Trombetta are very thin. If you are using regular zucchini you may want to shred them with a julienne cut to make sure the zucchini cooks thoroughly and frittata keeps its shape
If you want to make it low fat, you can cook it in the oven in a silicon mould as I did for these Baked frittatas
If you cannot find the zucchini flowers, the frittata is also good with only the zucchini

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