Feta Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

 

Ingredients:

10 Zucchini Flowers

Filling:

3 cups feta cheese, crushed
2 fresh mint leaves, cut in julienne
1 green onion, only white part
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 pinch red pepper
Salt
Pepper

3 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 large egg, whisked with 1 tablespoon water
Sunflower oil to fry
How to cook:

Gently soak all the flowers into the cold water. Remove and dry on paper towel.

Mix all the filling ingredients. Gently open flower, remove the pistil by snipping it off. Do not to tear the petals open and place 1 teaspoon filling. Then, gently twist and close the flowers.

Pour the sunflower oil in a frying pan and heat it up. Place the flour on a plate. Beat the egg with water in a bowl. First dip each one in the flour, then dip in the egg. Fry them until they're a light golden colour.

Afterwords, place on a paper towel to absorb any extra oil. Kali oreksi!