“Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $371.49 each.”
— Andy Rooney —
Well Monday brought a few dinner surprises and now two recipes reside in the Keeper Files the first a simple zucchini parmesan cheese, herb seasoned and roasted adapted from Damn Delicious, the adaptation was the added Magic Sauce from Heidi Swanson for this week’s club contribution…
The zucchini is cleaned, trimmed and quartered, sprinkled with a blend of cheese and herbs, drizzled with EVOO and baked 15 or so minutes, but I took it a step further and drizzled the finished zucchini with Heidi’s sauce which is fantastic. For both recipes I added a few pinches of fresh herbs along with the dried…
Ingredients:
4 zucchini, quartered
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves
Preheat oven to 350 º. Coat a cooling rack with nonstick spray and place on a baking sheet; set aside.
In a small bowl, combine Parmesan, thyme, oregano, basil, garlic powder, salt and pepper, to taste.
Place zucchini onto prepared baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with Parmesan mixture. Place into oven and bake until tender, about 15 minutes. Then broil for 2-3 minutes, or until crisp and golden brown.
Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
http://damndelicious.net/2014/06/21/baked-parmesan-zucchini/
Heidi’s Magic Sauce is a great addition to keep on hand for several uses as she says.
Magic Sauce- slightly adapted
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary leaves
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon fresh oregano leaves
2 teaspoons sweet paprika
2 medium cloves of garlic, smashed into a paste
1 well-crumbled bay leaf
pinch of red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon + fine grain sea salt
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Gently warm the olive oil over medium-low heat in a skillet or pan, until it is just hot. When hot remove from heat.
While the oil is heating, lightly pound the rosemary, thyme, and oregano in a mortar and pestle.
Stir the paprika, garlic, bay leaf, red pepper flakes, and salt into the oil. Then add the bruised herbs and lemon juice.
You can use this now, but know – the oil just gets better as it ages over a few days. Keep it in a refrigerator for up to a week/ten days-ish. It thickens up when cold, so if you need it in a liquid state, place it in the sun or in a warm place for a few minutes.
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/magic-sauce-recipe.htm-Two-Fer
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