Garden Harvest Corsican Tart (with Courgette Flowers !)

Garden Harvest Corsican Tart (with Courgette Flowers !)

I thought I knew Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe catalogue inside and out. But I was surprised and delighted to discover this magnificent idea in Ottolenghi’s Plenty More cookbook. Each bite presents a heavenly combination of flavours and textures and spoiler alert: it’s VERY easy to whip up, despite its dramatic appearance. This is my version of his recipe, simplified and sped up.

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Deep Fried Courgette Flowers ...stuffed with ricotta

Deep Fried Courgette Flowers ...stuffed with ricotta

When my parents took a much-anticipated trip to Italy in 2010, my mother came back with hundreds of culinary tales. I got stuck on a story of their visit to the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, where my mother was served courgette flowers, stuffed with ricotta and deep fried. I couldn't get this idea out of my head....

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