Fried Zucchini Flowers

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence and JoAnn Cianciulli

Show: Food 911Episode: Chicken Marsala Rocks!

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (4)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(4)

Cook Time:
2 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 2 min
Total:: 12 min

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Ingredients

Vegetable oil, for frying
2 large egg yolks
1 cup ice water
1 cup all-purpose flour
12 zucchini flowers with stems
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Pour 3 inches of oil in a deep fryer or large, heavy pot and heat to 375 degrees F.

In a deep mixing bowl, lightly beat the egg yolks and pour in the ice water; mix to combine. Add the flour and continue to mix until the batter is the consistency of heavy cream. Dip 2 zucchini flowers at a time in the batter to coat completely, letting the excess drip off. Fry the flowers in the hot oil for 2 minutes until crisp and golden brown. Drain the fried flowers on a platter lined with paper towels, season with salt and pepper while they are still hot. Repeat with the remaining zucchini flowers.

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Comments & Reviews

recipe Fried Zucchini Flowers
mary xxx, CA 11-22-2007
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Great fry batter
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I make zucchini flowers at the end of summer for the last hurrah. I tried Tyler's batter recipe this year and it is my... favorite. I have tried more traditional Italian batter recipes and this is far better. I still use the classic filler. Thank TYLER!!Read more
recipe Fried Zucchini Flowers
Stephanie Ramona, CA 07-15-2007
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soooooo good!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe is delicious! I put a cube of mozzarella at the base of the flower and it got slightly browned but was gooey in... the middle.Read more
recipe Fried Zucchini Flowers
HEATHER Berkeley, CA 08-29-2006
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So good!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Every summer, I wait for the zuccini flowers to show up at the farmers market, b/c when they are fried tey are spectacular.... This is a pretty standard batter recipe and it works quite well as long as the oil is kept up to temp or they will not crisp and brown adequately. The flowers must be cooked and served the same day they are picked. They don't keep well at all and it's very hard to handle them once they get at all limp. Remember to carefully remove the hard stamens from inside the flowers as it isn't very appealing. I stuff the flowers with chunk of mozzerella (size depends on the size of the flowers) and a piece of anchovy. Unbelievably good.Read more
recipe Fried Zucchini Flowers
WENDY Seattle, WA 06-17-2004
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fantastic and fresh!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I had never had squash blossoms before but saw them at our farmers market and remembered this recipe. We made them in our... DeLonghi fryer. The batter was perfect, light and delicious! We seasoned them with salt and pepper right when they came out. Yum!! Will always buy squash blossoms when I see them now just to make this!Read more