Zucchini Pignoli And Raisin Salad Food

ZUCCHINI SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together zest, juice, mustard, honey, anchovy paste, sherry vinegar, salt, and pepper in a large bowl until combined. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Add zucchini, frisee, herbs, olives, and onion and toss to coat. Serve immediately.

ZUCCHINI WITH RAISINS AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium skillet and sauté the garlic over moderate heat, stirring, just until the garlic begins to turn golden and becomes aromatic. Do not allow the garlic to overbrown.
• Add the sliced zucchini and sauté for a few minutes, stirring.
• Add the tomatoes, anchovy paste, raisins, and vinegar. Mix well, then cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 to 12 minutes, until the sauce has thickened and most of the liquid has cooked away.
• Stir in the black pepper and pine nuts. Serve warm or at room temperature.

ZUCCHINI RAISIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffin cups with paper liners.
• Mix flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
• Beat egg, sugar, and vegetable oil together in a large bowl. Fold zucchini and raisins into egg mixture until evenly mixed. Stir flour mixture into the wet mixture to make a batter. Divide batter into 12 muffin cups to about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes.

ZUCCHINI BREAD WITH GOLDEN RAISINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grate zucchini- set aside.
• Cream sugar and oil together. Add eggs, zucchini and vanilla, mixing well.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add raisins and nuts.
• Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well (but dont overmix).
• Pour into two greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour or until tests done.
• Let stand 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool.
• To freeze: Let bread cool completely. Wrap tightly with multiple layers of plastic wrap. Freeze. When ready to eat, take out of the freezer and remove plastic wrap. Thaw on counter and enjoy- tastes like you just got it out of the oven!

ZUCCHINI RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add egg; beat well. Stir in zucchini; set aside. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cloves. Add to zucchini mixture; stir until thoroughly combine. Stir in raisins. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pans for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Cookies are cake-like.

HEAVENLY ZUCCHINI SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, toss together the first six ingredients. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the salad dressing ingredients; shake well. Pour over salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve with a slotted spoon.

ZUCCHINI RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Best if prepared with food processor:.Process dry ingredients about 10 seconds to blend. Empty into a large mixing bowl. Process nuts until chopped, about 6 seconds. Empty into a small bowl.
• Using grater: Grate unpeeled zucchini, using medium pressure. Empty into a measuring cup and measure loosely packed.
• Steel knife: process eggs with sugar for 1 minute. Do not insert pusher in feed tube. While machine running, Add oil and vanilla through tube. Process about 45 seconds. Add zucchini and process 8-10 seconds. Remove cover and add dry ingredients. SEE NOTE. Process 3 or 4 quick bursts, just until flour disappears. Sprinkle nuts and raisins over batter . Give 1 0r 2 more quick bursts.
• Pour batter into greased and floured 9" by 13" baking pan, or 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Can be iced or glazed when cool, but it's great just plain. Keeps very well in fridge and freezes well.
• NOTE: This amount of batter will nearly completely FILL the bowl of standard sized food processors, but probably not overflow. You can add zucchini mixture to dry ingredients in mixing bowl, Mix with wooden spoon until blended then add nuts and raisins, or dates.

APPLE AND ZUCCHINI SALAD

Steps:

• Combine zucchini, apples, green bell pepper, and onion in a bowl.
• Whisk vegetable oil, vinegar, sugar, basil, salt, and black pepper together in a separate bowl; drizzle over zucchini-apple mixture. Toss to coat.

ZUCCHINI SALAD WITH RAISINS AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Sauté the zucchini quickly in the oil with the pine nuts, raisins, and garlic. Add salt and pepper and dried mint, if using, and cook, stirring, over moderate heat until the zucchini slices are just tender.
• Serve hot or cold with lemon juice squeezed over the salad.
• The zucchini may be left uncooked and simply macerated in a mixture of 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil with the juice of 1/2-1 lemon and salt and pepper for at least an hour. Toast the pine nuts and add them before serving.

LEMON-PIGNOLI ZUCCHINI PASTA

Steps:

• Cook and drain pasta as directed on package. Rinse with cold water to cool; drain.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, gently toss zucchini, tomatoes, lemon peel and juice, oil, salt and pepper.
• Add pasta to zucchini mixture; toss until well mixed. Add feta cheese and basil; toss again. Sprinkle with pine nuts. Serve immediately or refrigerate tightly covered up to 24 hours.