Zucchini Roses
I have a confession to make. I’m a guy that watches British fashion vloggers. Well … my wife does, and I’m just there for the gardening bits. One of the vloggers she follows recently posted a video making Courgette Roses. (“Courgettes” are what Brits call zucchini and summer squash. They have some weird names for veggies. Aubergine? Really?) Anyway, I found a version of the recipe with the temperatures and measurements converted to US units. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed (about 8 ounces)
All-purpose flour, for rolling out dough
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 small summer squash (about 6 ounces), cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced diagonally
1 small zucchini (about 6 ounces), cut in half lengthwise and thinly sliced diagonally
Nonstick cooking spray
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Roll the puff pastry out to a 12-inch square on a floured work surface.
Brush lightly with the olive oil and sprinkle evenly with the cheese, thyme and lemon zest.
Cut into 6 even strips.
Shingle alternating yellow and green slices of squash and zucchini along the length of each strip of dough making sure to leave half the dough strip uncovered and allowing the green and yellow skins to hang over one edge slightly.
Fold the uncovered dough over the squash and pinch together at the two ends.
Starting at one end, roll each strip into a spiral.
Lightly press the rolled tarts into a muffin tin sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake until the crusts are browned and crisp on the bottom, the top is dry and crisp and the squash is tender and browned on the edges, about 40 minutes.
Remove to a rack to cool slightly. Serve warm.