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Fried zucchini with garlic and tomatoes

Fried Zucchini Roll-Ups with Garlic and Tomato

A fresh new take on a familiar appetizer looks even more impressive. Pan-fried zucchini with garlicky tomato works as a warm party appetizer, a light dinner on its own, or a quick snack. Here we roll the fried zucchini slices up around a filling.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Zucchini

400

Flour

Vegetable oil

Tomatoes

Parsley (sprigs)

Mayonnaise

Ground black pepper

Salt

Parsley

Garlic

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 10 % 2 g

Fats 50 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 40 % 8 g

125 kcal

GI: 50 / 0 / 50

Cooking method

Cooking time: 45 min

Step 1:

Gather your ingredients. To make these zucchini roll-ups with garlicky tomato, you'll need: 2 medium zucchini, ideally young ones without big seeds; flour for dredging; and vegetable oil for frying.
Step 2:

Wash and dry the zucchini, then trim off both ends. Cut lengthwise into thin slices. If the skin is thin you can leave it on; if it's tough and would keep the slices from rolling up, peel it off.
Step 3:

The filling. For this you'll want medium tomatoes, ideally a slightly elongated (plum-shaped) variety. Cut the tomatoes into slices — as many as you have zucchini slices.
Step 4:

The sauce. You'll need: mayonnaise; garlic (1 large clove or 2 small); parsley or other herbs; and salt and ground black pepper.
Step 5:

Peel the garlic and press it. Wash the parsley, dry it, and chop it fine (the finer the better). In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, pressed garlic, parsley, salt, and pepper.
Step 6:

Mix everything thoroughly. The sauce is ready.
Step 7:

Pour off any liquid the zucchini has released. Dredge the zucchini slices in flour on both sides.
Step 8:

Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet and fry the zucchini slices on both sides until golden.
Step 9:

Transfer the fried zucchini to a paper towel to blot off excess oil. Let them cool.
Step 10:

Spread each zucchini slice with the sauce and lay a tomato slice on top. Roll the zucchini up around the filling.
Step 11:

Stand the roll-ups upright on a serving plate. Garnish with parsley. Enjoy!

Instead of standing them up like little towers, you can simply wrap a tomato slice inside each zucchini slice — oddly enough, it changes not just the look but the taste of this familiar appetizer. You can also swap some or all of the mayonnaise for sour cream, which gives a milder flavor. Serve these zucchini either warm or cold.
The usual version of a zucchini-and-tomato appetizer is a stacked "tower" of alternating zucchini and tomato rounds spread with mayonnaise between the layers — but the very same appetizer can be plated a different way.