This is a veg dish with a twist – even Olia Hercules admits: “I would never in a million years think to pair courgettes and berries.”
However, this dish, which Olia first tried in a restaurant called Pheasant’s Tears, run by chef Gia in Signagi – a town in the eastern region of Kakheti, Georgia – makes it work.
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Nutrition Facts
‘Polyphony’ courgettes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 173
Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 14mg1%
Potassium 427mg12%
Carbohydrates 10g3%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 410IU8%
Vitamin C 53mg64%
Calcium 35mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
‘Polyphony’ courgettes
Courgettes have never tasted so good
Servings: 4
Calories: 173kcal
Equipment
- Large frying pan
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
- 4 shallots or small onions halved
- 2 courgettes cut into 2cm rounds
- 5 garlic cloves cut in half vertically
- 2 long green chillies bruised but left whole
- handful of fresh sour cherries and/or redcurrants
- sea salt flakes
- freshly ground black pepper
To serve
- sourdough bread
Method
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the shallots or onions and cook over a medium-low heat until they soften and start turning golden. Remove from the pan.
- Add the courgette rounds and brown on each side.
- Reduce the heat, add the garlic and chillies and season everything really well. Cook for three minutes.
- At the very end, add the sour cherries and/or redcurrants and switch off the heat. Taste again and season with some extra salt and pepper if it needs it.
- Serve with sourdough bread or as part of a bigger feast.
Nutrition
Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 427mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 410IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 1mg
Kaukasis by Olia Hercules, photography Elena Heatherwick, is published in hardback by Mitchell Beazley, priced £17, Amazon.
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