Zucchini
Zucchini for Italian vegetable dishes, including fried rounds dressed with garlic, fresh mint and vinegar in zucchine alla scapece.
- Italian name
- Zucchine
- Documented dish
- Zucchine alla scapece
Rounds for scapece
The Amalfi Coast cultural-heritage recipe slices zucchini into rounds, fries them and combines them with mint, garlic and vinegar. The Accademia’s account describes white wine vinegar for this dish.
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Questions worth asking
What is zucchini alla scapece?
Fried zucchini rounds dressed with mint, garlic and vinegar in the documented Amalfi Coast recipe.
Which vinegar is used?
The Amalfi Coast recipe names vinegar without specifying a type. The Accademia’s account describes white wine vinegar.
Does this entry name a particular zucchini variety?
This is the general cooking ingredient. Dark green, light green and striped Genovese zucchini have separate entries.
