Squash cutlets

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make squash cutlets? Prepare the products. Zucchini for this recipe will suit any — both old and young. Use young fruits with a thin skin entirely, without peeling. It will have to be cut off from old fruits. Wash the squash well. Cut off the skin, it is convenient to do it with a vegetable peeler. If it is not there, cut it off with a sharp knife.

2. Step 2:

   

   Next, lightly slice a portion of the pulp with seeds around the perimeter and remove it with a teaspoon. You won't need it. I repeat that use young zucchini with seeds.

3. Step 3:

   

   Grate the peeled zucchini on a coarse grater. Add salt and mix. If you have a food processor, it will significantly speed up the grinding process.

4. Step 4:

   

   When interacting with salt, the process of separating the liquid from the squash will begin. We need to get rid of it. Therefore, transfer the grated zucchini to a colander.

6. Step 5:

   

   I suggest putting oppression on top, that is, something heavy. This way the moisture will drain faster and better. Set aside the zucchini for fifteen minutes. After this time, the zucchini can still be additionally pressed with your hands or squeezed through several layers of gauze.

7. Step 6:

   

   That's how much juice my zucchini gave away after fifteen minutes under the yoke. This juice will not be needed.

8. Step 7:

   

   Add a garlic clove grated on a fine grater to the zucchini. Or onions, here choose to taste. And then half of the specified amount of semolina. Mix it up. Then gradually introduce so much semolina so that the consistency becomes convenient for the formation of cutlets. Its amount may differ from that indicated in the recipe, it will depend on the juiciness of your squash. Leave the mass for ten minutes so that the semolina swells a little.

9. Step 8:

   

   Form small patties and place them on a baking sheet on a non-stick mat or baking paper. Bake in a preheated oven to 200 degrees until a golden crust forms for about thirty minutes. In the process of cooking, turn the cutlets so that they are fried on both sides. Remove the finished cutlets and serve immediately to the table. Bon appetit!