Savory Zucchini

Submitted by Chilicat

"A simple side dish of zucchini and mushrooms. This is from "A Hundred Years of Island Cooking", and old cookbook from the Hawaiian Electric Company."

 

• Ready In: 9mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3 medium zucchini
• 78.78 ml butter
• 10 fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 7.39 ml salt
• 2.46 ml pepper
• 78.78 ml sherry wine

directions

1. Wash zucchini; cut off ends. Cut zucchini into lengthwise halves, then crosswise into 1/2-inch slices.
2. In a large skillet, melt butter; saute mushrooms for 1/2 minute. Add zucchini; saute 1/2 minute.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients and continue cooking on medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes.

Reviews

[*Parsley*]

Very simple, but a delicious combination! Mushrooms and zucchini go very well together. The sherry added a nice, subtle flavor. This is a great use of summer's garden zucchini and it goes well with pretty much any main dish. I could actually eat this as a main dish. I added some garlic and decreased the butter a bit, but that's all I changed. Thanx for posting!

 

[Pikake21]

I love recipes from that cookbook! They seem to always put together a nice selection of recipes. I really enjoyed this, and I think by cooking it for such a short amount of time, it kept the veggies in a nice cooked but fresh sort of state. Thanks for posting, Chilicat!

 

[ladyfingers]

Simplicity at its best! So easy, yet elegant enough for a dinner party. I like vegetable dishes that let the vegetables shine through--fresh cracked pepper and sherry don't overpower at all, just subtly flavor. The quick cooking time also retains attractive color and nutrients. I omitted the salt and perhaps shortened the final cooking time just because we like zucchini with a little crunch to it. This recipe is versatile enough to do that--thanks for sharing, Chilicat.

 

[Nancy G.]

I made this last night for dinner and loved it. The sherry just makes the dish. It was easy to make and that's always a good thing. I used baby portabellas for the mushrooms. Thanks for posting a recipe I'll be using lots as my garden always produces too many zucchini. Made for Pick~A~Chef Spring 2008.

 

[Stephanie Y.]

The sherry makes this zucchini and mushroom sidedish delightful. It went really well with the Asian food we had tonight. Thanks Chilicat!