Saturday, June 6, 2009

Flowers, flowers everywhere!

My cyberfriend Jill is enjoying her amazing blooming garden; as for me, I'm thinking about the roses and bulbs that I left almost a year ago in my beloved Utah, I miss gardening so much!
In these days I live in an apartment, and the fact that all the city smells like jasmine isn't enough to fill the void.

Waiting for some other lawn to mown (for Mr. Kitchenlander, that is), I turn to some other kind of flowers.



Zucchini flower are an instant cheer up when you spot them at the market. You can't resist their color, their delicacy, even the cuteness of those teeny tiny zucchini.



Bring them home, wash them lightly and quickly outside and inside, cut away pistils and set aside.



Cut some little cubes of mozzarella and have some anchovies embrace them and place every paired couple in a flower.



Prepare a batter with flour and beer (or sparkling water, if there are alcohol issues, but keep in mind that cooking makes the alcohol go away).



And pluff the flowers in.
Then deep fry them for a few seconds and you got yourself a nice hors d'oeuvres.



I'm pretty sure Jill can't do that with her flowers, ha!

2 comments:

  1. Che bonta'! Qui costano molto e non li faccio spesso, pero' ogni volta che trovo una pianta di zucchine o di zucca faccio la raccolta. Mi piacciono come condimento per la pasta, con uno scalogno saltato, i fiori e un po' di panna.

    Ti capisco quando dici che ti manca il giardinaggio, io lo uso come "terapia", non so come farei senza della terra da seminare. Esistono dove vivi dei "community gardens"? Forse puoi trovare una coppia anziana che ha della terra, o un piccolo giardino e che non puo' piu' coltivare come una volta, e che sarebbe felice di ricevere aiuto in cambio di zucchine fresche. Magari c'e' una bacheca in una chiesa o un centro sociale dove puoi mettere un messaggio.

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  2. LOVED THIS POST!! When our zucchini comes up in our garden this summer, I will be trying your recipe!! You are too cute Anna!! :)

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