How to prepare the famous zucchini flowers in batter that we call Naples sciurilli.
It is not customary for the Neapolitan tables to have, among the various courses, even appetizers, in fact only on feast days can happen to start the menu with specialties of the genre.
Perhaps one of the few dishes that we are likely to consume before a good first are the Sciurillthe! Surely you will know what we are talking about: delicious and very light leavened batter pancakes and zucchini flowers. Today we offer them in the section Cooking Neapolitan style as you want, that is with the classic and tasty ricotta stuffing.
Ingredients
- 200 gr 0 flour
- 150 ml water
- 6 g yeast
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 12 zucchini flowers (those with the stem still)
- 150 gr fresh ricotta
- 50 gr mozzarella
- 6 anchovies in oil
- Salt and Pepper To Taste
- 400 ml seed oil (for frying)
Preparation of the batter
Let's start by composing the batter by adding the flour to the slightly warm water in which we have dissolved the brewer's yeast. After obtaining a fairly smooth and homogeneous dough, add the salt and pepper and let it rest. It will have to grow at least 20 minutes in the fridge.
The ricotta filling
We compose the ricotta filling by adding a pinch of salt, a little pepper and the mozzarella reduced into small pieces.
Stuff the zucchini flowers
We proceed with the careful cleaning of the zucchini flowers which must be deprived of the pistil, taking care not to detach the stem. Dry them with a cloth and stuff them with the ricotta filling previously prepared. Add, for each courgette flower, half an anchovy deprived of excess oil and then close them on the surface.
Frying
The time has come to fry the pancakes, using seed oil at a temperature of 140 °. After having quickly passed the courgette flowers in the batter (making sure they are closed to prevent the filling from coming out) we fry them until they are golden brown on all sides. Drain them from the excess oil and serve while they are still hot.
Cook's note
The version of the sciurilli proposed here is the classic, even if the Neapolitan housewives, not always having available the zucchini flowers still with the stem (male flowers), also use the other types of flowers to compose simple pancakes. Of course, they always pass them in the batter and you get a very greedy alternative.
All that remains is to say …… good appetite!
