Minted Zucchini Salad Recipes

MINTED ZUCCHINI SALAD

Steps:

• Cut tomato into 1/4-inch dice and transfer to a small bowl. In another small bowl whisk together lemon juice, oil, and salt and pepper to taste.
• In a food processor finely chop mint and parsley. Replace chopping blade with shredding disk and shred zucchini over herbs. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Drizzle three fourths vinaigrette over zucchini and toss with salt and pepper to taste. Pour off any juices from diced tomato and toss tomato with remaining vinaigrette and salt and pepper to taste. Divide zucchini salad among 4 plates, mounding it, and make an indentation in center of each mound. Fill indentations with tomatoes and garnish with mint.

ZUCCHINI-AND-FENNEL SALAD WITH PECORINO AND MINT

Steps:

• Use a vegetable peeler or mandoline to thinly shave the zucchini lengthwise. In a large bowl, toss together the zucchini, mint, pecorino Romano, fennel, lemon juice and olive oil. Season with salt and black pepper. Add more lemon juice or olive oil to taste.

GRILLED ZUCCHINI SALAD WITH FETA, LEMON AND MINT

Steps:

• For the zucchini: Preheat a large grill pan over medium-high heat.
• Combine all of the zucchini with the oil and salt in a large bowl and toss to coat.
• Working in batches, grill the zucchini in a single layer until it starts to soften and grill marks appear on one side, about 4 minutes. Flip and repeat on the other side, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a separate large bowl.
• Meanwhile, for the vinaigrette: Combine the lemon zest, lemon juice, shallot, garlic, Dijon, and salt in a medium bowl and whisk together. While whisking, drizzle in the olive oil and sunflower oil. Whisk in the mint and Aleppo pepper.
• Add about 1/3 cup of the dressing to the zucchini and gently toss. Transfer to a serving plate.
• For serving, sprinkle the zucchini salad with the feta, mint, Aleppo pepper and flaky sea salt.