we may see [calabacines](Recipes with zucchini: 24 dishes to take care of yourself and enjoy this vegetable) daily in the market and in the supermarket, but the reality of these plump and green specimens of cucurbits is that of summer, time when they are at their best.
Thanks to the greenhouses, we see zucchini all year in our markets, which is a relief when we talk about this fresh, juicy and versatile vegetable that as soon as a zucchini cream fixes us as it solves a snack like this crispy battered zucchini dish.
Fundamental in dishes such as ratatouille, ratatouillehe tian of vegetables or particularly useful ingredient in Italian caponata, zucchini not too picky an ingredient Yes, we are talking about cooking, but there are certain clues that lead us to choose one over the other.
Of course I already had it Karlos Arguiñanothe popular and television chef, when he left the clues on how to choose the best courgettes on the market and avoid so they give us a pig in a poke. Even more so in a seasonal product that, as often happens, is exposed to large differences in weight or size.
Although it is very standardized in a relatively medium format, it is also very popular that let’s see large format courgettes. Above all, when we have a friend with a garden and decides to give us a couple of courgettes that could enter the Guinness World Records.
However, the gesture is kinder than tasty. Or so Karlos Arguiñano considered it in the book The recipes of a lifetimepublished in 2012 by Bainet, and where in his recipe for ratatouille a la Bilbao he leaves several keys to choose the best courgettes on the market.
In this case, the Beasain chef Don’t be fooled by the size and decides to abandon the concept of a big horse, whether it walks or not. His recommendation is to choose “small or medium zucchini”, he indicated. In addition to advising that they be compact, firm to the touch and without visible stains.
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He also recalled that it is better to choose specimens that are heavy in relation to their size, which means that the zucchini will be fleshy and solid, advising to reject “excessively large zucchini because they tend to have too many seeds and less tender meat“.
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