Torta Salata di Zucchini Zucchini Quiche Ingredients (serves 8) • 1 sheet of fresh ready-made puff-pastry or you can use the 'Pasta Brisee' recipe • 5-6 zucchinis • 6 zucchini flowers • 2 eggs
• 1 cup of fresh cream • 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan • salt and pepper • 1 clove of garlic • finely chopped parsley
In a saucepan, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil with the garlic and some of the chopped parsley. Add the zucchini, chopped into small cubes. Cook over a flame, continuously moving the saucepan for about 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper as needed. Leave to cool. Beat the eggs, adding a pinch of salt, the cream and the parmesan cheese. Roll out the pastry in a quiche dish or pie tin, add the zucchini and then cover with the cream/egg mixture. Add the zucchini flowers in the form of a flower. Cook in the oven for around 3540 minutes at 175°C.
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