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- From: doussis@convex1.tcs.tulane.edu (Evangelos Doussis)
- Subject: COLLECTION: Zucchini
- Message-ID: <1993Jul15.184416.24847@cs.tulane.edu>
- Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 18:44:16 GMT
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- these juccini variations are all authentically greek
- (or turkish, or lebanese- at any rate,
- they're from our corner of the mediterranean!!)
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- the first one is one of my favourites, all veggo, lots of oil, served
- at room temperature or cold- perfect summer dish
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- BRIAMI
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- 5-6 large zuccini, cut in 1 in. cubes
- 3-4 medium potatoes, cut in similar cubes
- 2 eggplants (the purple, zuccini look-alike) cut in cubes
- 1 can stewed tomatoes
- 3-4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 onion , cut in large chunks
- a couple of bay-leaves
- 1/2 cup oil (preferably olive, but anny kind will do)
- a dash of nutmeg, thyme
- salt and pepper
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- arrange (really throw in!) all the ingredients in your baking pan, and
- give them a good mix (another name for this dish is TOURLOU, i.e.
- mix-mix)
- and bake for about 1 hour at a medium heat oven
- keep adding a touch of water to keep the stuff from frying
- allow to cool before eating-
- serve with a generous amount of oil and juices
- and with some bread to clean up the plate!
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- the following is a variation of the above theme, different presentation
- the veggoes come out crispier this way
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- LATHERA (translates to the OILY DISH)
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- 4-5 medium size zuccini, cut in 1/4 in. disks
- 3-4 medium potatoes, cut in 1/4 in. disks
- 1-2 medium onions, sliced in thick rings
- 1-2 medium tomatoes, sliced in 1/4 in. disks
- 6-7 cloves garlic, peeled and whole
- 1/2 cup olive oil (or any other oil)
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- salt and pepper
- 2 tblspoons oregano (save for the end!)
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- arrange in loose layers in the baking tray. try and keep the onion
- rings at the bottom of the pan, they get nice and crispy, and the
- tomatoes go at the top of the assembly, to let the juices drain down
- onto the veggoes
- bake for about 1 hour, at medium oven
- the oregano should be added a few minutes before taking the tray out
- of the oven- burnt oregano loses its flavour, and has a bitter taste
- allow to cool before eating
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- FRIED ZUCCINI
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- for the batter:
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 cup flour
- salt, pepper,
- water if needed
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- stir batter ingredients until batter is smooth- if it's too thick add
- water- otherwise add flour- i get it to where it kinda sticks to the
- fork
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- for the juccini
- 5-6 juccini- cut either steak fries style, or in 1/4 in. disks
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- dip juccini in batter
- deep-fry in preheated oil (i set the stove on medium high) until
- batter is crispy
- serve with that good tsatsiki that you've made already :-)
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