Appetizer of zucchini with cottage cheese It would seem that the simplicity of the ingredients that are included in this recipe does not promise an extravaganza of taste. But, believe me, this appetizer of fried zucchini and spicy cottage cheese is something. Snacks, which is considered this dish, in different countries have their own name. In Italy it is "antipasto", in France they say "entre", meaning food, which is served before the main course, as an easy meal. The appetizer should be small in size, on the teeth. Usually, along with her serve an alcoholic drink, which should cause an appetite or strengthen it. Snacks are cold and hot, and the most varied. The Japanese serve a radish appetizer, Mexicans have snacked nachos or guacamole, and in the East they offer hummus. In all cases, the snack is salty, for sweet before lunch interrupts the appetite.
Ingredients:- Zucchini 1 pc.
- Cucumber 1 pc.
- Sweet pepper 0.5 pcs.
- Rucola 10 g
- Garlic 1 clove
- Curd 100 g
- Mixture of Italian herbs 5 g
- Salt 4 pinch
- Olive oil 1 tbsp. l.
- Step 1 For such a snack, take: a large zucchini, sweet pepper (red or green), a few twigs of arugula, a small cucumber, a mixture of Italian or provencal herbs, cottage cheese, olive oil, salt.
- Step 2 Cut the zucchini into thin longitudinal strips. Lubricate them with vegetable oil and salt.
- Step 3 Fry in a frying pan for 2 minutes on each side. Allow to cool.
- Step 4 Combine the curd with spices, squeeze out a clove of garlic, add salt and mix.
- Step 5 Cut cucumbers and peppers into thin strips.
- Step 6 At zucchini put a small amount of cottage cheese, a few straws of cucumber and pepper.
- Step 7 Twist Tsukini roll and decorate with arugula. In this form, serve to the table.