Size Does Matter When It Comes to Cooking Zucchini

If you are known for growing zucchini that reaches mammoth proportions, the next question on everyone’s lips is how on earth you cook it. This is when size really does matter. Below are a few useful tips on how to cook this fruit.

How to Use a Giant Zucchini

When zucchini is grown to giant proportions, it is best used in recipes that call for shredded applications, or, when cooking, it does require more time to cook thoroughly. So, the question should be what to do with a batch of overly large zucchinis.

Frozen zucchini, once it has thawed out, can offer a variety of flavors to recipes such as veggie enchiladas, ratatouille, or minestrone. Before you freeze it, you need to dice and blanch it, this is a very important step to freezing.

Use a Spiralizer

Dig out your spiralizer if you have one and try making zoodles. If you are doing them manually, don’t worry if they are not perfectly shaped, as you will be getting rid of the zucchini’s center. However, it still does the job and provides an appetizing starter dish.

There are also many things that you can do with shredded zucchini, such as adding it to turkey burgers, mixing it in with some pasta, or for the more adventurous, trying your hand at making butter.

Preserving Zucchinis for Later Use

If you are a lover of pickled cucumbers, then you will surely be a fan of pickled zucchini. The texture is heartier than a cucumber’s; however, the taste is very similar.

Some shows award prizes to the largest fruit and vegetables grown. So, why not be recognized for your astounding feat and feature your zucchinis in the next show? So, now the question of whether or not a zucchini is too big should have been well and truly answered. In this case, size doesn’t matter.