A hearty squash, neighbors take turns looking into the windows and come for a recipe. Bashny.Net

Squash caviar, zucchini fried, squash Great dishes that come to mind when you want to do something simple and on a minimal budget. It is about the last option will be discussed in our article today. A great alternative to heavy meat pate, enough for a long time, and even an inexperienced cook will cope.



If your tastes are slightly different, you can always replace zucchini with eggplant. Just look: you need to choose fruits with a minimum number of seeds. Now is the time for such experiments!

Squash Pate Ingredients

• 500g zucchini
• vegetable-oil
• 50g walnuts
• 1 tsp salt
• 0.25 tsp black ground pepper
• greens (duckle, parsley)
• 3 teeth. Garlic
• 150g soft cheese (feta, brynza)

Preparation

1. First, wash the zucchini and cut off the peduncles. Cut the fruit with medium cubes. Do not crumble too finely, because in the future they will be amenable to heat treatment, and zucchini is a delicate thing. Fire zucchini in vegetable oil until ready.
   
   
   
2. Peel the walnuts. Roast them in a dry pan, this will give the final result a special taste. If you are allergic to them, you can use cedar or cashews. A tablespoon of peanut paste will not hurt, but then the pate will be a little heavier for the stomach: there are too many calories in this paste.
   
   
   
3. In a separate container, stir the cheese with greens, salt and pepper. Squeeze the garlic on this mass. Mix everything with an ordinary spoon, but do not try too hard: a blender will do everything for you.
   
   
   
4. Mix all the ingredients in the blender until pate. If it turns out to be too thick, add a little olive oil or, at worst, a couple of spoons of boiling water. The dish is ready, and you can either put it in a neat jar or in a deep plate if you want to use it immediately.
   
   
   

Pate will serve as a good smear on a loaf or black bread. Toast with him is a masterpiece of culinary art. If the dish is delightful and you want more, you can serve pate as a side dish to hot meat. Some treat him in Arabic and dip bread cakes into pate. It's spectacular.



Appetite thick mass is well stored in the refrigerator and practically does not change its taste over time. It is well suited to dry red pepper and crushed tomato paste. Bon appetit!