Stuffed Squash Blossoms with Basil

Name: Stuffed Squash Blossoms with Basil
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 inches canola oil, enough to fry at deep; 1 unknown cornmeal, ground fine; 118 milliliters fresh ricotta cheese; 10 servings salt and pepper; 10 squash blossoms

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Stuffed Squash Blossoms with Basil a try. This recipe makes 10 servings with 29 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat each. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, vegetarian, and דל פחמימות, diet. Head to the store and pick up canolan oil, unknown cornmeal, ricotta cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Put ricotta in a fine sieve set over a bowl.

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Ricotta Cheese

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Sieve

Bowl

Let drain in refrigerator 3 hours or overnight. Discard liquid.

Transfer the ricotta to a small bowl and season it with ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper; stir until smooth.

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Salt And Pepper

Ricotta Cheese

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Bowl

Lay 1o basil leaves out on a work surface. Drop about1 tablespoon ricotta onto 1 basil leaf.

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Fresh Basil

Ricotta Cheese

Place a mozzarella dice on top of ricotta. Then top it with another basil leaf, sandwich-style. Carefully open 1 squash blossom removing the stamen if necessary.

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Fresh Basil

Mozzarella

Ricotta Cheese

Squash

Place the stuffed basil leaf inside blossom. Press the blossom closed to seal. Repeat with remaining basil leaf stacks and squash blossoms.

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Squash Blossoms

Fresh Basil

Heat about 3 inches oil in a medium heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until it registers 365 degrees on a deep-fry thermometer. Put eggs and cornmeal in separate small bowls. Dip 1 stuffed blossom into the eggs, then into the cornmeal to coat.Fry in batches of 2 to 3 until golden, about 1 ½ minutes.

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Cornmeal