Zucchini omelette, here's how to prepare an excellent summer vegetarian second course with a few more ideas to make it even more appetizing
How to prepare the perfect zucchini omelette. Step by step recipe.
La zucchini omelette It is one of main courses more prepared in summer (and not only) as it is fast and nutritious, in all its variations. Also to be served as cold dish, the zucchini omelette is one vegetarian recipe very versatile, also perfect for meals away from home.
This summer dish it is really very tasty and also customizable, you can in fact enrich it with herbs or other vegetables, in our recipe you will see for example how to enrich the zucchini omelette with some nice ones fresh spring onions in season. Zucchini omelette can be served on the plate perhaps in single portions, but it is also suitable for stuffing sandwiches to be consumed in beach or in the working lunch break.
From the very easy execution, the zucchini omelette comes cooked in a pan with a good extra virgin olive oil, but if you want to make this dish even lighter, you can also cook it in the oven without added fat following the procedure of our asparagus omelette or even steamed.
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Ingredients for the zucchini omelette
- 300 gr of courgettes
- 150 gr of fresh spring onions (optional)
- 8 eggs
- 3 sprigs of mint (optional)
- extra virgin olive oil to taste
- Salt to taste
- Preparation Time:
15 minutes - Cooking time:
30 minutes - Rest time:
- - Dose:
for 4 people - difficulty:
low
How to prepare the zucchini omelette: procedure
- lavare carefully the mint and courgettes, cut the ends and slice them thinly, also peel the onions and slice them too.
- To put in a large pan the freshly prepared courgettes and onions and plenty of oil, season with salt and cook for about ten to fifteen minutes,
- meantime shell the eggs in a bowl, add the mint leaves, chopping them coarsely and beat everything with a fork.
- To pour beaten eggs in the pan containing the courgettes and cook over very low heat until the eggs thicken,
- turn then the omelette by turning the pan upside down on a lid, slide it back into the pan and finish cooking for a few more minutes.
- Cooking once the zucchini omelette is completed, it can be served immediately or after having allowed it to cool completely.
How to store the zucchini omelette:
The zucchini omelette can be stored in the refrigerator in special airtight containers for a couple of days.
One more idea:
To obtain a different version of this dish, you can add fifty grams of pecorino romano to the beaten egg.
Ilaria Zizza
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- Cream of zucchini (10 variants)
- Stuffed courgettes with cherry tomatoes
- Marinated zucchini in oil
- Zucchini pesto
