Recipe ideas for cooking zucchini in summer

How to cook zucchini?

With its subtle taste and tender flesh, zucchini can be cooked in many ways. Gratins and stuffings are the great classics of zucchini dishes. For your summer aperitifs, think about recipes to share like pizzas or pies. In a cake or muffins, zucchini brings freshness. To mix with goat cheese or Comté cheese for an ultra-gourmet result. The clever idea? We replace the pasta with tagliatelle or zucchini spaghetti, a light seasonal tip.

To benefit from all its benefits, you can also enjoy raw zucchini. In salads, it adds crunch and finesse. It can be combined with all kinds of spices and seasonings: curry, soy sauce, mint…

Our idea to impress your children: a chocolate zucchini cake. You read correctly ! Grated zucchini can be used to replace butter. Result: a moist and healthier cake. Take the test, your children will see nothing but fire!

Summer is also the opportunity to taste the zucchini flower that Italians love.

How to prepare zucchini flowers?

Colorful and delicate, zucchini flowers delight our eyes and taste buds. You can eat both male and female flowers, the only difference is that the female will be attached to a zucchini. The flowers are damaged quickly, it is better to cook this fragile product the same day. To prepare them, we start by rinsing them then drying them delicately. You can then remove the pistil and proceed to making your recipe.

Although the zucchini flower is most often eaten in donuts, it is also delicious stuffed or in a pizza. It’s up to you to choose what you want!

How to make a good zucchini gratin?

Economical and quick, zucchini gratin is clearly the favorite of our summer meals! The secret to a successful dish? A combination of soft vegetables and a crispy layer of cheese. To begin with, you need to choose your zucchini carefully: firm and shiny. Remember to drain them to prevent your zucchini from releasing too much water. For a gratinated cheese as desired, place the dish in the oven at 180°C with aluminum foil which you will remove halfway through cooking. Crispy effect guaranteed!

You can lighten the whole thing by replacing the liquid cream with a mixture of milk and heavy cream. What we love about zucchini gratin is that we can personalize it according to our tastes. With diced chicken, bacon, goat cheese or Comté cheese, we create our own recipe.