Zucchini a Sopresa, AKA Surprise, this Zucchini is a Pain to Make!

Hi there, I finally found my sink so I am back to writing about our Superbowl party.  The recipe that took the longest to make, and by far looked the ugliest, was the zucchini.  Zucchini surprise is a recipe that involves deep frying vegetables, who doesn't like that?  The problem is that it is fussy and time consuming to do.

As soon as woke up on Superbowl sunday I started slicing the zucchini.  The directions were unclear to me, I thought at first The SS wanted me to slice them into circles and make tiny sandwiches.  It did not, it wanted lengthwise slices, thin and even enough to make long sandwiches.  Too bad I don't have a mandolin, I think that would have made prep time more enjoyable.  My fiance showed me how his father slices zucchini for the grill, leaving the stem together and making tiny slices to fan the vegetable out.  I did my best but the slices were very uneven.  Next, I salted them and let them dry for an hour.

In the meantime I rushed to the grocery store and bought more food because I didn't think we'd have enough. . .I always think there isn't enough.  When I returned, I created an assembly line of flour, beaten eggs, and bread crumbs with my awesome electric wok(A gift from my future Nanny-in-Law).  I sandwiched some provolone and oregano in between the slices of Zucchini and dredged them in flour.  I then dipped into egg and finally coated with breadcrumbs.  The first batch promptly fell apart in my wok, and the second and then I got mad.  I stuck toothpicks to secure them and then it was smooth, time consuming sailing.

After I assembled and fried the first successful round, I salted with my Himalayan pink salt and created a paper towel nest to soak up the excess oil.  I fried forever and then they were finally done.  They looked so ugly, cheese popping out, uneven coating, toothpicks.  The presentation was definitely a disappointment, but C. loved them, she says fried zucchini is her favorite,  I have to admit the leftovers were pretty tasty tonight.  I think I might have to try it again with a mandolin and a better attitude.  Coming up next, braised beef and liver crostini.  This might be a two entry night, I have a snow day tomorrow!