Stuffed Zucchini Flowers with Pinenuts, Ricotta and Watercress
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Ingredients
| 12 | lg. zucchini blossoms | | 4 tbsp. | pine nuts, toasted under broiler until dark brown | | 8 oz. | ricotta cheese | | 1 | lg. egg | | 1/4 cup | finely chopped fresh parsley | | 1 dash | nutmeg | | 1 tsp. | salt, divided | | 1 bunch | watercress, stems removed, washed and spun dry | | 8 oz. | plain yogurt | | 4 | fl. oz. extra-virgin olive oil, divided | | 1 | lemon, juice of |
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Instructions
Wash and pat dry zucchini blossoms and set aside. Mix 2 tablespoons pine nuts, ricotta, egg, parsley and nutmeg in a medium mixing bowl until homogenous and of a rough paste-like consistency. Gently open each flower and, using a small teaspoon, place 2 tablespoons ricotta mixture in each flower and close up again by twisting ends of flower like the ends of a mustache. Set aside. In a blender, mix 1/2 watercress, yogurt and 1/2 teaspoon salt until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute). In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick pan, heat 1 ounce of the extra-virgin olive oil until just smoking and place 6 blossoms in pan. Cook until golden brown (about 2 minutes) and turn once, cook 1 minute more and remove to warm plate. Repeat with remaining blossoms. While last blossoms are cooking, toss remaining watercress with remaining 2 ounces of extra-virgin olive oil and juice of 1 lemon to coat. Divide into center of 4 plates. Drizzle a puddle of yogurt sauce around watercress and place 3 warm blossoms in Mercedes-Benz angles on top of sauce. Sprinkle each plate with a few of the remaining pine nuts and serve.
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