Courgette scarpaccia

Name: Courgette scarpaccia
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a snack
Ingredients: 300g courgettes; 50g plain flour; a pinch baking powder; 2 eggs; 75ml milk; grated to make 4 tbsp parmesan or grana padano, plus lots of shavings for the top; olive oil; 2 spring onions, sliced

Preparation and cooking time
- Total time1 hr and 10 mins
- + cooling
Easy
Serves 4 as a snack

Ingredients

300g courgettes
50g plain flour
a pinch baking powder
2 eggs
75ml milk
grated to make 4 tbsp parmesan or grana padano, plus lots of shavings for the top
olive oil
2 spring onions, sliced

Method

STEP 1
Finely slice the courgettes into a sieve, using a mandoline if you have one. Sprinkle on some salt and leave them for 30 minutes to disgorge some liquid. Rinse and then squeeze them dry.
STEP 2
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Tip the flour and baking powder into a bowl, make a well in the centre and break in the eggs. Gradually stir the flour into the eggs, adding the milk when the mixture gets too thick. Beat the mixture with a balloon whisk to make sure it is smooth, then stir in the parmesan, most of the courgette and plenty of black pepper.
STEP 3
Liberally oil a 20cm square tin with a fixed base or a baking dish, put the spring onions in with another slug of oil and bake for 3 minutes. Remove the tin from the oven and pour the batter into the tin. Toss the remaining courgette slices in a little oil and add them to the top in an even layer. Bake for 20 minutes, or until browned around the edges and set in the centre, scatter on the parmesan shavings, allow to cool, and cut into pieces to serve.