Fried Flower Dinner Flops

Fried Squash Blossoms Stuffed With Lynhaven Farm's Fresh Ricotta
Pesto Tortelloni

How many people have a deep fryer? How many decide to use it at 9pm on a Monday night? It is not a good idea. I planned to cook dinner early. Mr. D said he would be home 630-7pm latest home, yeah right. 

On Saturday we had gone to the Union Square Greenmarket and picked up a box of beautiful squash blossoms and creamy Lynhaven Farms fresh goat's milk ricotta. But Saturday night we had dinner with my parents, and Sunday flew by. Through our blackberry calendars we scheduled to use up our bounty today.

But of course he worked late and  I wasn't feeling well and dinner was a disaster. It could have been delicious! We made our own ricotta mixture, simply seasoning it with lots of black pepper and salt. A spoonful was stuffed in each blossom. We coated them in our seltzer and flour mixture (a riff on tempura) and Mr. D took the reigns at the deep fryer. 

We fried at 375 for at least 2-3 minutes, as opposed to the recommended 1-2 but they were soggy and leaden with oil, oy vey. A not very successful for dinner for what I hope to be a very successful blog.

Attached is the recipe that I worked off of. I didn't follow it directly, my mistake, but I'm sure if you try it word for word at home it will work out great.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Squash-Blossoms-Stuffed-with-Ricotta-354966