{"id":3605,"date":"2016-09-22T20:59:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T20:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/?p=3605"},"modified":"2016-12-08T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T08:52:29","slug":"courgette-pancakes-with-garlic-yoghurt-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/?p=3605","title":{"rendered":"Courgette Pancakes with Garlic Yoghurt Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is really satisfactory, because it is very quick, simple and extremely likable! Pancakes are so yummy, both in the sweet and in the savoury version&#8230; so be careful not to add sugar instead of the salt in the dough!!! \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<h1>Courgette Pancakes with Garlic Yoghurt Sauce<\/h1>\n<p>Courgette pancakes can be served\u00a0as appetizer, for brunch, lunch or dinner. Try it! The Garlic Yoghurt Sauce is very light and can be used with meat, in salad and on bruschetta!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin!<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients for 10 pancakes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>700 gr of Courgettes<\/li>\n<li>130 gr White Flour<\/li>\n<li>2 tea spoons of Baking Powder<\/li>\n<li>2 Eggs<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons of Shaved Cheese (mozzarella, pecorino, cheddar, parmesan&#8230; whatever you prefer!)<\/li>\n<li>Basil, as needed<\/li>\n<li>Milk, as needed<\/li>\n<li>Salt, as needed<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/extra-virgin-olive-oil-il-vero-1-lt\/\">Extra Virgin Olive Oil &#8220;Il Vero&#8221;<\/a>, as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ingredients for the Garlic Yoghurt Sauce:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/garlic-pate\/\">Garlic Pat\u00e8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Greek Yoghurt<\/li>\n<li>Basil and Mint<\/li>\n<li>4-5 drops of lemon juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Ingredients-e1474552142542.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3611\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3611\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Ingredients-e1474552142542-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake-Ingredients\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wash the courgettes and remove the two extremities. Grate them with a large-holed grater. Put the grated courgettes in a colander and add a pinch of salt. Leave the courgette there for around 30 minutes to drain excess liquid. Later, put the grated and dried courgette in a rag and squeeze them to dry them completely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Courgettes-e1474552212489.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3612\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3612\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Courgettes-e1474552212489-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake-Courgettes\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put them in a bowl and add the yolks, grated cheese, flour mixed with the baking powder, the minced basil and a little bit of milk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Mixture-e1474552287179.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3613\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Mixture-e1474552287179-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake-Mixture\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stir everything\u00a0together and then gently add the whipped egg whites. The dough should be soft and creamy. If it seems too dry, just add a little bit of milk again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Dough-e1474552375443.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3614\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3614\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Dough-e1474552375443-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake-Dough\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warm up a pot with a spoon of <a href=\"http:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/extra-virgin-olive-oil-il-vero-1-lt\/\">olive oil<\/a>. Scoop\u00a0the courgette dough with a spoon then place it in the pot, making a pancake shape.<\/p>\n<p>Cook them over low heat for a few minutes. Halfway of the cooking process, turn them.\u00a0Remove the pancakes from the heat when they turn\u00a0brown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake.-Pancake-e1474552455920.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3615\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3615 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake.-Pancake-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake.-Pancake\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Pancake2-e1474552517499.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3616\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3616 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-Pancake2-e1474552517499-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake-Pancake2\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Garlic Yoghurt Sauce is the easiest and tastiest in the world: just stir together 8 spoons of yoghurt, 4 spoons of <a href=\"http:\/\/tastewithgusto.ie\/shop\/garlic-pate\/\">Garlic Pat\u00e8<\/a>, 4-5 drops of lemon juice and the minced basil and mint. Pour the sauce on the pancake and taste them! You can also use \u00a0different herbs, if you prefer, such as chervil or chives for example. It is really light and fresh and it will sharpen the taste of your pancake and many other recipes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-final-e1474552605453.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3617\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3617\" src=\"http:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CourgettesPancake-final-e1474552605453-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"CourgettesPancake-final\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and Buon Appetito!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courgette pancakes can be served as appetizer, for brunch, lunch or dinner. Try it! The Garlic Yoghurt Sauce is very light too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3605"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4085,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3605\/revisions\/4085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cookwithgusto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}