How to make crispy fried courgette flowers, traditional recipe with few necessary ingredients and easy procedure to follow, from the preparation of the batter to frying in a pan, with subsequent draining and salting before serving.
Ingredients for 4 people
- 12 or 16 courgette flowers
- Flour gr. 100
- An egg
- White wine
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Fry oil
How fried courgette flowers are made
Put the flour in a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of oil, an egg yolk, salt and pepper.
Pour half a glass of white wine and the water necessary to make a smooth and not too thick batter.
Leave it to rest for about an hour and add the whipped egg whites.
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Clean the flowers by removing the stems, the external green leaves and the internal pistil, then pass them in the batter and put them in a pan in boiling oil, frying them until golden brown.
Finally put them to dry on a sheet of kitchen paper, salt them and serve immediately while still hot.
