I had planned on making this Saturday but babies were delivered on Saturday, so I moved it up to yesterday morning. But you will never believe the amount of time it takes to take care of mama cat and kittens + sick stormy + please just pet me Windy + one very hyper puppy + prepare for my nephew’s sleepover. Then we headed to Sean’s sisters house for a Father’s Day Brunch at noon. I didn’t get home until 7pm. Sean went to his niece’s dance recital (I was going to go but we can’t leave Dewey from noon until 11 at night) and didn’t get home until after 11.
So when I got home I whipped these up. Surprisingly they didn’t take as long as I thought they would. I had never had patty pan (at least that I know of) but I had a very good feeling about them. I didn’t want to cut them up because they are so cute, so I stuffed ‘em and mmmmmmmmm delicious!
This is my take on a version I found online. That version included bacon but we don’t have no bacon and I’m trying to make more meat-less meals during the week. On average right now I’m making about 3 meat-less meals a week. I wouldn’t mind seeing that number go up to say, 5. It’s hard work changing a Meat & Potato Man, but overall he has been really great with trying some new stuff.
Ingredients:
2 Patty Pan (take guts out and set aside)
1/2 onion (copped)
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons butter
1 Egg
Olive Oil
Parmesan
Pinch Fresh Basil
Pinch Black Pepper
2 tablespoons Flour
Directions:
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Cut off the top of each patty pan squash. Scoop out the insides and set aside in mixing bowl. Take a thin slice off the bottom of each patty pan so it has a flat bottom. Dice up onion and garlic and add to mixing bowl with patty pan. Add in spices and mix well.
Place 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan, when it starts to melt add in patty pan mixture and sauté for 3-5 minutes. You might need to add more butter if the mixture starts to stick, so add accordingly.
In a small bowl beat 1 egg and 2 tablespoons flour together. Add to saucepan mixing all ingredients together. Continue mixing over low flame for 1-2 minutes. Mixture should be come pretty thick, like a heavy paste. Remove from heat and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Scoop half the mixture into one patty pan and the other half into the other patty pan. Sprinkle tops with Parmesan cheese and place both patty pan in a baking dish that has been lightly drizzled with olive oil.
Bake for 30-40 minutes.
Local:
Patty Pan, Onion, Garlic - 15 miles
1 Egg - 6 miles
Butter - 6 miles
Basil - 0 miles
Flour, Olive Oil, Parmesan, Black Pepper - not local
