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Wash the zucchini before adding it to the flour Ensure you donβt use hot water
Ingredients
- β’150g Zucchini
- β’10g Flour
- β’35g
- β’30ml Zesty Mayo
Garnish
- β’1 lemon wedge
- β’Sprinkled spring onion
Equipment
- Deep Fryer
Method
- 1Place zucchini into flour
- 2Shake off excess flour
- 3Dip Zucchini into and shake off excess
- 4Deep Fry in hot oil (180C) until golden brown
- 5Drain off any excess oil.
- 6Serve in a starter pan with the zesty mayo
- 7Garnish with a lemon wedge and sprinkled spring onion. PREPERATION OF THE
- 8Cut the amount of zucchini you will be preparing.
- 9Prepare a salt water solution. Use the following guideline to prepare your solution: a.For every litre of water use 30 grams of fine salt.
- 10Place your cut zucchini in the cold water solution and let it marinate for at least 45 minutes.
- 11Remove the zucchini from the solution and place in a large colander to drain excess water.
- 12Once properly dry you can portion your zucchini-150g.
Plating
Small pan; Small ramakin
Notes
- β’Wash the zucchini before adding it to the flour
- β’Ensure you donβt use hot water
Food Safety & Handling
What the SOP says about the ingredients in this recipe.
VEGETABLES & DAIRY PRODUCTSzucchini
SOP 6 Β· Bar and Deli
Feta Cheese (Removed from Brine)
3 Days
Cucumber Uncut
5 Days
Cut Cucumber
2 Days
Onions
7 Days
Onions Cut
3 Days
Green Peppers Whole
7 Days
Green Peppers Cut
3 Days
Tomato Whole
7 Days
Olives In Brine
7 Days
Zucchini Whole
7 Days
Zucchini Cut
2 Days
Lemons Whole
7 Days
Lemons Cut
2 Days
Baked Yogurt cheesecake (refrigerated)
3 days
Baklava (decanted into food safe seal able container)
1 week at ambient
Baklava (2 or 3 portions stored in a glass seal able display container)
2 days at ambient
Avo crema
3 days
Curry mayo
2 weeks
Pre-made Halal Curry mayo
3 days
Zucchini brined
3 days after portioning
Zucchini in brine
24 hours
Prepared couscous
3 days
Fresh herbs whole
1 week
Fresh herbs chopped
24 hours
Peaches chopped
1 week
Pickled Red onion
two weeks
OTHER FRESH PRODUCE ADDEDzucchini
SOP 9 Β· Food Book
stir fry ingredients: green beans, cabbage, red peppers
med veg ingredients: butternut
creamed spinach: spinach
mashed pumpkin: pumpkin or butternut
pre-cooked baby beetroot
tender stem broccoli
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RIPE PRODUCE
Tomatoes: the first way to tell if your tomato is ripe is to check if the skin has
turned from a dull, matte surface to one that is glossy and slightly shiny. Next,
check the color, which should be fairly deep red. Your ripe tomato will give
slightly to the touch. It shouldnβt be soft but rather a little tender, tomatoes ripen
from the inside out. Tomatoes that are not ripe will feel hard to the touch. A ripe
tomato gives off a lovely fragrance as well. If you receive under ripe tomatoes
they should be stored in the dry store in a crate to ripen before using. You would
need a rotation system to facilitate this. Best practise would be to ask your green
grocer to keep tomatoes and ripen them on your behalf.
Cucumbers: The best cucumbers are hard and dark green , a soft cucumber is
old and not suitable for our kitchens.
Carrots: Ripe carrots should possess a tender texture that is firm and tender, not
soft, limp or chewy . Fresh carrots have a distinct orange colour and when wet
the colour is shiny. Old carrots are dull and when wet remain grey and dull.
Zucchini: Ripe zucchini is dark green in colour, without blemishes. The zucchini is
firm and when cut open a buttery texture. Old zucchini becomes lighter in colour,
is limp and spongy when cut open. A fairly good size for use in our kitchens is
around 10 cm or more, tiny zucchini is not an option.
Green Peppers: A unripe red pepper is a green pepper, a fresh pepper is firm to
the touch , crunchy when cut and not soft and limp. Peppers can also turn soft
and slimy if not stored correctly.
Green Chillies: All Green chillies grow from green, the colour matures into dark
green, red or yellow when they are ripe.
mint
onions brown
onions red
spring onions
tomatoes
rocket: arugula &
mint as herbs

