The Italian Table

Flowers of zucchini are vegetables typical of the spring and the summer period in Italy. They are sweet and with them you can prepare simple Italian recipes. Indeed you can prepare a tasty first course like the following recipe that is made with flowers of zucchini, zucchini and cream, but you can use them also to prepare a second course or an appetizer like the fritters of flowers of zucchini or the flowers of zucchini stuffed.

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)

1 Zucchini
10 Flowers of Zucchini
1 slice of Speck
160 gr of pasta (type mezze maniche)
125 ml of Cream
1/4 of Onion
3 Tablespoons of Extra-virgin-oil
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 15 minutes

DIFFICULTY: easy

WINE: Colli Bolognesi Barbera ( Red Wine)

PREPARATION
Let salted water boil for pasta.
Clean the Flowers of Zucchini and cut them into pieces.

Clean, peel and cut into pieces the Zucchini.

Cut speck into small cubes. Heat 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a pan, add onion and the cubes of speck and let them browned.

Then add the zucchini and the flowers of zucchini and let it cook for about 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper and complete cooking.

Add the cream and stir it with the other ingredients and continue the cooking for about 5-10 minutes.

When pasta is cooked, pour the sauce on it, mix and serve hot.
This is th result:

BUON APPETITO!