Fried Pattypan Squash with Garlic
Serve the pattypan squash with a sour cream and herb sauce. I'd only ever had pattypan squash pickled before — my mother-in-law sometimes cans it along with other vegetables. I'd never cooked fresh ones myself. But this summer I spotted a couple of gorgeous yellow pattypans at the store and decided to make up for lost time. To start, I cooked them the way I often cook zucchini — dredged in flour and fried. They taste a lot like zucchini, but firmer and crunchier.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
Gather the ingredients. For fried pattypan squash you'll need: young pattypan squash, garlic, flour for dredging, vegetable oil for frying, ground black pepper, and salt.
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Step 2:
Wash and dry the pattypan squash, trim off the stems, and cut them into slices about ⅜ inch (1 cm) thick.
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Step 3:
Peel the garlic and press it.
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Step 4:
Put the squash in a deep bowl.
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Step 5:
Add the garlic, pepper, and salt. Mix everything thoroughly and let it sit for 15 minutes. Drain off the liquid that's released.
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Step 6:
Spread the flour on a flat plate and dredge the squash slices in it on all sides.
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Step 7:
Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet and add the squash. Fry over medium heat on both sides until golden.
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Step 8:
Transfer the squash slices to a plate. To drain the excess oil, you can set them on a paper towel. Enjoy!
- Pattypan squash (also called scallop squash) is a summer squash with a distinctive flying-saucer shape. It's great for lighter eating — rich in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients while staying low in calories. In the kitchen it's used much like zucchini: stewed, boiled, pickled, or baked, in a skillet, on the grill, or in the oven. It's turned into vegetable spreads and even preserves, and added to all kinds of salads. Pickled pattypan squash tastes a bit like porcini mushrooms. It pairs well with many aromatic seasonings and is excellent for stuffing — with meat, cheese, a sweet filling, or mushrooms. Because it's high in fiber and nutrients yet low in calories, it's good for a healthy diet: helpful for lowering excess cholesterol and supporting metabolism. It goes well with lots of other foods, making it easy to add variety to your meals.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Ground black pepper - 255 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364 kcal/100g
- Flour krupchatka - 348 kcal/100g
- Flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Vegetable oil - 873 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Patisson - 18 kcal/100g
