Zucchini With Raisins And Pine Nuts Food

GRILLED ZUCCHINI SALAD WITH LEMON-HERB VINAIGRETTE AND SHAVED ROMANO AND TOASTED PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Heat the grill to high heat. Brush the zucchini on both sides with canola oil and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Grill for just about 1 minute per side (until slightly charred and wilted), then remove them to a platter.
• Whisk together the Dijon mustard, lemon juice, lemon zest, honey, to taste, and salt and pepper, to taste, and parsley in a small bowl. Slowly, whisk in the olive oil until emulsified.
• Drizzle the vinaigrette over the zucchini and let it marinate for 15 minutes at room temperature. Top with shaved cheese, pine nuts, parsley and mint leaves.

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.

MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Use a melon baller to separate and remove seeds and pulp separately from the zucchini, carving out each half and leaving about a half-inch shell. Chop zucchini pulp into pieces about 1/4 inch in diameter. Discard seeds.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add ground lamb; continue to cook and stir until lamb is lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir chopped zucchini into the lamb mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer mixture until the zucchini is hot, about 3 minutes. Drain excess grease. Season lamb mixture with coarse salt and black pepper.
• Remove skillet from heat. Stir tomato sauce, tomatoes, feta cheese, pine nuts, and 1/4 cup mint leaves through the lamb mixture; spoon into the zucchini halves. Put stuffed zucchini halves into a large baking dish. Pour water into the baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Mix bread crumbs and mozzarella cheese in a bowl. Sprinkle 1/4 cup mint leaves over the zucchini and top with the bread crumb mixture. Continue baking until the top is crusty and browned, about 10 minutes more.

ZUCCHINI PINEAPPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat two 8x4-in. loaf pans with cooking spray; dust with flour, tapping out extra., In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the zucchini, pineapple, nuts and raisins, if desired., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Loosen sides from pans with a knife. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

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.

SAUSAGE STUFFED ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• In a greased casserole dish lay oiled zucchini cut side up.
• In a skillet on medium high heat, heat oil then saute red peppers, onion, garlic, celery, and butternut till translucent.
• Add sausage, corn, raisins, spices, tomato sauce and bulgur wheat.
• Adjust seasoning to taste.
• Mound filling onto zucchini halves, top with cheese and pine nuts.
• Pour wine and stock in bottom of pan.
• Bake 30 minutes at 350°F.

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.