Zucchini season is almost upon us and you can’t wait to make a delicious and fresh dish to finally diversify your menu! However, are you really out of ideas? No problem ! The editors present the Thermomix zucchini recipe in 5 gourmet ideas to delight the whole family this summer!
Cold zucchini with Veluté Thermomix: the perfect meal against a heat wave
Nothing like a good cold soup recipe to beat the summer heat in a healthy and delicious way! Today’s program: Zucchini soup with Thermomix for the whole family. Here are the ingredients you need:
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 diced onion
- 2 teaspoons of chopped garlic
- 1 kg of zucchini, cut into small pieces
- 4 cups liquid vegetable broth
- ½ cup whole milk yogurt
Preparation instructions:
Chop the onion in a food processor for 5 seconds at speed 8. Then add the olive oil and chopped garlic and cook for 3 minutes at 100°C, speed 2. Add the zucchini cut into pieces and the liquid vegetable stock and heat for 20 minutes at 100°C, speed 1. Let the soup cool slightly, before gradually increasing the speed (up to 9) to puree.
Transfer the zucchini soup to an airtight container and refrigerate for at least an hour. When ready to serve, toss with yogurt, salt and pepper to taste. Serve with croutons if desired.
Zucchini with parmesan would be good as a cold appetizer
Do you need a cold appetizer recipe that promises to be the star of the summer table? Here is our Thermomix Zucchini Plate recipe suggestion and ingredients:
- 500 grams of zucchini, washed and sliced
- 150 grams of low-fat milk
- 100 grams of grated parmesan cheese
- 20 grams of flour
- 3 eggs
- 40 grams of butter
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
Preparation steps:
- Place the zucchini, milk and butter in the bowl of a food processor. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 15 minutes at 100°C, speed 1. If the consistency is too runny, cook for another two minutes.
- Then add eggs, parmesan and flour. Blend for one minute on speed 2.
- Put the mixture in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle with grated parmesan.
- Bake in the oven (preheated to 200°C) for 35 minutes.
- Serve cold!
Zucchini gratin recipe with Thermomix: a dish typical of French cuisine
Get the ingredients:
- 150 grams of grated Emmental cheese
- 1 red onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 30 ml of oil
- 10 grams of flour
- 100 grams of cream cheese
- 100 g cream
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon of dried basil
- 400 grams of zucchini
- 300 g of tomatoes
- 200 grams of potatoes
- 150 grams of cubed feta
Preparation method:
Peel the onion and garlic, cut in half and put in a bowl. Chop for 5 seconds, speed 5. Then add the oil and steam for 3 minutes/VAROMA/speed 1. Add the flour, cream cheese, cream, salt, paprika and basil and heat for 5 minutes at 100°C/speed 1.
Preheat the oven to 180° C. Wash, clean and cut the courgettes and tomatoes into cubes. Peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Put the vegetables in a baking dish, add the cubed feta and mix everything. Finally, pour over the sauce prepared in the Thermomix, sprinkle with grated Emmental cheese and bake for about 30-35 minutes on the middle rail.
Zucchini and pea risotto recipe with Thermomix
Ingredients needed:
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 40 g of butter
- 40 g of parmesan
- 40 ml of olive oil
- 320 g of rice
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable broth
- 4 slices of bacon into small pieces
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 small zucchini
- 780 ml of water
Preparation:
Place the parmesan in the Thermomix bowl and grate for 12 seconds on speed 10. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. Next, cut the zucchini into large pieces, place them in a food processor and chop for 10 seconds on speed 5 or until they are small pieces. Place in a separate bowl and set aside. Clean and dry the Thermomix bowl.
Place the onion, bacon bits and garlic in a bowl and chop for 4 seconds on speed 5 before scraping down the sides. Add butter and olive oil and cook for 3 minutes at 120°C/speed 1 – REVERSE. Place the butterfly whisk in a bowl, add the rice and cook for a further minute at 120°C/speed 1.5 upside down without the measuring cup in place. When finished cooking, scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
Add 60ml water and courgettes before cooking for 2 minutes/Varoma/speed 1.5 reverse and without measuring cap. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula. Pour in the stock and water and cook for 12 minutes at 100°C/speed 1.5/reverse. Place the steamer basket on top of the lid instead of the measuring cup. Add the peas and cook for a further 4 minutes at 100°C/speed 1.5/reverse. Finally, carefully pour the risotto into a thermos before grating the parmesan.
A simple idea for zucchini, carrot and mashed potatoes
Let’s finish with a Thermomix Zucchini Puree recipe to make quickly and easily! First, get the following ingredients:
- 300 grams of zucchini
- 450 grams of potatoes
- 70 grams of carrots
- 1 small onion
- 1 garlic
- Salt and pepper to taste
- About 250-300 ml of water
- About 25 ml of olive oil
Preparation:
First, peel the potato, onion, carrot, zucchini and garlic. Place the garlic and onion in the bowl of the food processor and set for 2 seconds / speed 5. Then add the olive oil and set the VAROMA function / 8 minutes / speed 1. Cut the zucchini and potato into pieces and put them in the bowl of the Thermomix. Add water, salt and pepper and cook at speed 1/90°C/20 minutes. Finally, mix for 30 seconds on speed 4.