Name: Courgette wafers with balsamic, garlic & mint
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 7 courgettes, washed and trimmed; 200 millilitre vegetable oil; 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced; 5 millilitre balsamic vinegar; 3 gram mint, thinly sliced

Courgette wafers with balsamic, garlic & mint

This sublime eggplant dish shared by Antonio Crisci of Poderi Crisci is fit for an Italian banquet. Photography by Todd Eyre.

Ingredients

7 courgettes, washed and trimmed

200 millilitre vegetable oil

1 clove garlic, thinly sliced

5 millilitre balsamic vinegar

3 gram mint, thinly sliced

Method

1.Using a mandoline, slice the courgettes 1-1.5mm thick.

2.Fry in hot vegetable oil (160°C) until crisp and pale gold in colour. Remove from oil and drain.

3.Dress with garlic, balsamic and mint, season with salt and pepper and serve.

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