There ought to be a law (or at least a strong moral convention) that recipes would provide either a weight or cup measure for produce - because a "large" zucchini in rural Indiana is very different from what a city dweller may find. For a long time, I believed a rightful zucchini was about 6" in diameter and 2' long... so that wouldn't work in this recipe, right? But I'm educated now, and smaller zucchini are tender and delicious... and mostly seedless.
I have a recipe for Zucchini Pizza Casserole that is fabulous; it's in a 11x17 pan, calls for 4 cups shredded unpeeled zucchini. YOU PUT THE ZUCCHINI IN A COLANDER AND SPRINKLE IT WITH 1/2 TSP OF SALT AND LET IT STAND (THEY SAY FOR 10 MINUTES, BUT I DO IT FIRST WHILE I COOK THE MEAT SO IT SITS ABOUT HALF AN HOUR). This will bring a lot of the liquid out of the zucchini. I try to keep my salt down, so I rinse it and squeeze it out lightly. This keeps the casserole from being too wet. This is how I'm going to make this recipe, because it looks really yummy. How can you go wrong with zucchini and sausage and cheese????
There ought to be a law (or at least a strong moral convention) that recipes would provide either a weight or cup measure for produce - because a "large" zucchini in rural Indiana is very different from what a city dweller may find. For a long time, I believed a rightful zucchini was about 6" in diameter and 2' long... so that wouldn't work in this recipe, right? But I'm educated now, and smaller zucchini are tender and delicious... and mostly seedless.
I have a recipe for Zucchini Pizza Casserole that is fabulous; it's in a 11x17 pan, calls for 4 cups shredded unpeeled zucchini. YOU PUT THE ZUCCHINI IN A COLANDER AND SPRINKLE IT WITH 1/2 TSP OF SALT AND LET IT STAND (THEY SAY FOR 10 MINUTES, BUT I DO IT FIRST WHILE I COOK THE MEAT SO IT SITS ABOUT HALF AN HOUR). This will bring a lot of the liquid out of the zucchini. I try to keep my salt down, so I rinse it and squeeze it out lightly. This keeps the casserole from being too wet. This is how I'm going to make this recipe, because it looks really yummy. How can you go wrong with zucchini and sausage and cheese????