Almond Topped Zucchini Recipes

ZUCCHINI ALMOND BREAD RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Mix all of the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, chopped almonds) in a bowl, and set aside.
• Preheated oven at 350ºF (175ºC).
• In a new bowl, combine pineapple, eggs, vegetable oil, sugar, brown sugar, zucchini, and vanilla, and mix well.
• Pour the dry ingredients gradually into the wet ingredients bowl, and mix them until smooth.
• Spray your baking pan and pour in the mixture, top with sliced almonds.
• Bake for 60 minutes (times may vary depending on oven), and check for doneness with a toothpick.
• While baking, mix your glaze ingredients together until smooth.
• Let the bread cool down, drizzle with the glaze!
• Enjoy!

ZUCCHINI-AND-ALMOND SOUP

Steps:

• In a kettle, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the zucchini and garlic and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes. Add the stock and wine, adjust the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Add the almonds, then remove the mixture from the heat. Working in small batches, puree the soup in a blender. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve and return it to the pot. Stir in the cream and reheat over medium heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve garnished with bacon.

ZUCCHINI ALMOND BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan. Trim the ends off the zucchini and grate on the large holes of a box grater. Toss with 2 tablespoons sugar and place in a colander set over a bowl. Let stand 15 minutes.
• 2. Meanwhile, in a food processor, finely grind 1/4 cup almonds and set aside. Roughly chop the remaining 1/4 cup nuts and reserve. In a medium bowl, whisk the ground almonds with 1 cup flour, baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoon fine salt. In another bowl whisk the remaining 2/3 cup sugar with the vegetable oil, eggs, honey, and vanilla until the sugar dissolves. Stir in the flour mixture until just combined.
• 3. Using your hands, firmly squeeze handfuls of the grated zucchini to remove excess water and add the drained zucchini to the batter along with the reserved chopped almonds and lemon zest. Stir a few times to incorporate into the batter and transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan.
• 4. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan, on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the bread out of the pan and cool completely on the rack. Serve.

ZUCCHINI ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease well and flour 10" tube pan.
• Sift together Flour,baking powder,baking soda,and salt.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until thick and light colored.
• Gradually add sugar 1/4 cup at a time beating well after each addition.
• Stir in oil and almond extract.
• blend in dry ingredients, mixing until smooth.
• Stir in zucchini and almonds.
• pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 HR 15Mins or until skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for about 15 minutes remove from pan and cool completely on rack.
• spread with almond glaze.
• FOR GLAZE:.
• stir together icing sugar,milk,and extract until smooth.
• spread over top of cooled cake.
• Let icing run down sides of cake.
• Sprinkle top with toasted almonds.