Thousand Leaves Sweet and Salted Courgettes (Zucchini)

Ingredients for 1 person

• 1 litlle courgette
• 2 slices of lonzu (if you can't find 😡, pork belly will do)
• 100 g fresh sheep's milk cheese
• 1 sweet potato
• Olive oil
• Chives
• Basil
• Salt and pepper

Directions

STEP 1

Preheat your oven to 200° C. (400° F approx)
Prepare the vegetables:
Wash, wipe the courgette, cut the ends and cut them into thin slices. Set aside for baking.
Wash the sweet potato and peel. 💪 Dip in a saucepan with cold water and salt.
After boiling, cook for 20 minutes.
Insert the point of knife to check if sweet potatoes are soft.
Cool in ice-water then crush with a fork to make a coarse mash.

STEP 2

Place the courgettes slices on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Brush with olive oil. Cover with foil.
Cook for about 5 min. Courgettes must remain crunchy.
Put the slices of lonzu (belly) in the oven to brown for 5 minutes. under the grill. Turn halfway through cooking.

STEP 3

Mix the goat's cheese with a fork, add 1 tsp of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Add chives and finely chopped basil.

STEP 4

You now have everything you need.

Training:

Place the sweet potato in a circle.
1- Put a slice of lonzu on top.
2- Put a layer of courgettes on top.
3- Put a layer of cheese on top.
Repeat this operations (1, 2, 3) once more.
Finish with a corolla of courgettes.

Take care of the decoration!!!

For my decoration I put red dots (a reduction of tomatoes and red peppers), yellow dots (corsican honey 😃) and a sweet potato mash.

It's finished!

So long, Steemians.

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Thank you @progressivechef without you this contest would not exist and good luck to everyone and especially to my husband @irishcoffee. 💓💓💓

Thank you @discordiant for the help with English.

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