Chilled zucchini bisque with stuffed zucchini blossoms
Chilled zucchini bisque with stuffed zucchini blossoms recipe in the zucchini category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 quarts water
- 4 medium zucchini, 1 3/4 pounds, halved lengthwise, seeded and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
- Salt
- 2 cups spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 8 mint leaves
- Freshly ground pepper
- 8 large zucchini blossoms
- 4 ounces mild fresh goat cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup tomato juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup finely diced yellow tomatoes
Recipe method:
- In a large saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
- Add the zucchini, onion and 1 teaspoon of salt and cook over moderate heat until the zucchini are tender, about 15 minutes.
- Drain the vegetables, reserving the cooking liquid. Let cool.
- In a blender, combine the cooked vegetables with the spinach, heavy cream, lemon juice and mint. Pulse until finely chopped.
- With the machine on, gradually add about 2 cups of the reserved cooking liquid and blend until smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper and refrigerate until chilled.
- Meanwhile, gently open the zucchini blossoms and remove the yellow stamen.
- Cut off any spiky leaves at the base of the blossoms.
- In a small bowl, beat the goat cheese with salt and pepper.
- Using a small spoon, fill the blossoms with the goat cheese.
- Gently twist the tips of the blossoms around the filling.
- Set them on a baking sheet and refrigerate until firm.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake the zucchini blossoms just until warmed through, about 6 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk the tomato juice with the oil.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle the zucchini soup into 8 shallow soup plates.
- Set a stuffed blossom in the center of each.
- Garnish with the diced tomatoes and a drizzle of the tomato juice mixture and serve.
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