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Seasons/Availability
Green Zucchini Squash is available year round.
Current Facts
Baby green zucchini squash is of the species, Cucurbita pepo, along with other squashes, gourds and pumpkins. There are essentially three types of squash: constricted neck, zucchini and winter. Green zucchini is the quintessential summer squash, easily the most grown of all summer squashes and perhaps one of the most versatile, prolific and flavorful cultivars. There are dozens of green zucchini varieties, with independent names and characteristics that set themselves apart from one another. Although, used as a vegetable in the culinary landscape, botanically zucchini squash is a fruit, as its flesh bears the plant's seeds.
Description/Taste
Baby green zucchini is lean, petit and cylindrical with a smaller stem end. Its skin is glossy, deep green with faint cream freckles. Its flesh is crisp and creamy with an underdeveloped seed cavity due to its youth. Its flavor, peppery and complex with grassy undertones. Cooking mellows the flavor and the color. Younger summer squash is chosen over mature squash as their seeds are barely developed and the flesh has a higher moisture content while mature squash's skin becomes drier and thicker and its flavor can decline, even become bitter. In addition to the fruit of the plant, the leaves and the flower (blossoms) are also edible.
Applications
This versatile, miniature summer squash may be boiled, steamed, microwaved, baked, stuffed, pickled, deep-fried, sautéed, grilled or fried. Baby zucchini is so mild and tender, it can also be eaten raw. To store, refrigerate in a plastic bag. Do not wash until just before preparation. For optimum flavor and texture, use within three to four days as this squash is delicately flavored and perishable.
Geography/History
Squashes are of New World origin, their importance as a crop evolving during the pre-Colombia era in the Americas. Summer zucchini varieties, however saw much of their development in Italy, generations after their introduction from the New World, which can attribute to zucchini's placement within Italy's culinary history. Dubbed garden overachievers, summer squash varieties are considered easy to grow, thriving in full sun, warm weather and rich moist organic soil. Summer squash varieties (free of pests, specifically vine borers) will bear at least two to three abundant harvests of fruit per season. Squashes vary from vine to bush type varieties: trailing vines tend to be more invasive and overwhelming.
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Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
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Seasons/Availability
Green Zucchini Squash is available year round.
Current Facts
Baby green zucchini squash is of the species, Cucurbita pepo, along with other squashes, gourds and pumpkins. There are essentially three types of squash: constricted neck, zucchini and winter. Green zucchini is the quintessential summer squash, easily the most grown of all summer squashes and perhaps one of the most versatile, prolific and flavorful cultivars. There are dozens of green zucchini varieties, with independent names and characteristics that set themselves apart from one another. Although, used as a vegetable in the culinary landscape, botanically zucchini squash is a fruit, as its flesh bears the plant's seeds.
Description/Taste
Baby green zucchini is lean, petit and cylindrical with a smaller stem end. Its skin is glossy, deep green with faint cream freckles. Its flesh is crisp and creamy with an underdeveloped seed cavity due to its youth. Its flavor, peppery and complex with grassy undertones. Cooking mellows the flavor and the color. Younger summer squash is chosen over mature squash as their seeds are barely developed and the flesh has a higher moisture content while mature squash's skin becomes drier and thicker and its flavor can decline, even become bitter. In addition to the fruit of the plant, the leaves and the flower (blossoms) are also edible.
Applications
This versatile, miniature summer squash may be boiled, steamed, microwaved, baked, stuffed, pickled, deep-fried, sautéed, grilled or fried. Baby zucchini is so mild and tender, it can also be eaten raw. To store, refrigerate in a plastic bag. Do not wash until just before preparation. For optimum flavor and texture, use within three to four days as this squash is delicately flavored and perishable.
Geography/History
Squashes are of New World origin, their importance as a crop evolving during the pre-Colombia era in the Americas. Summer zucchini varieties, however saw much of their development in Italy, generations after their introduction from the New World, which can attribute to zucchini's placement within Italy's culinary history. Dubbed garden overachievers, summer squash varieties are considered easy to grow, thriving in full sun, warm weather and rich moist organic soil. Summer squash varieties (free of pests, specifically vine borers) will bear at least two to three abundant harvests of fruit per season. Squashes vary from vine to bush type varieties: trailing vines tend to be more invasive and overwhelming.
Featured Restaurants
Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.
| Pamplemousse Grill | Solana Beach CA | 858-792-9090 |
| Azul La Jolla | San Diego CA | 858-454-9677 |
| Bernard'O Restaurant | San Diego CA | 858-487-7171 |
| Roy's La Jolla | San Diego CA | 858-455-1616 |
| Milton's Delicatessen, Grill & Bakery | Del Mar CA | 858-792-2225 |
| Paradise Point Resort Baleen | San Diego CA | 858-490-6363 |
| Burger Lounge Commissary | Coronado CA | 619-435-6835 |
| Cavaillon | San Diego CA | 858-433-0483 |
| Sheraton La Jolla | San Diego CA | 858-453-5500 |
| Brigantine Poway | Poway CA | 858-486-3066 |
| Delicia's | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-756-8000 |
| Firefly Beach | San Diego CA | 619-222-6440 |
| Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 858-759-6063 |
| Le Papagayo | Encinitas CA | 760-944-8252 |
| Hard Rock Hotel Main Kitchen | San Diego CA | 619-702-3000 |
| Capri Blu | San Diego CA | 858-673-5100 |
| Inn at Rancho Santa Fe | Rancho Santa Fe CA | 800 843 4661 |
| Barbarella | San Diego CA | 858-454-7373 |
| Nine - Ten | San Diego CA | 858-964-5400 |
| Flavor Del Mar | Del Mar CA | 858-755-3663 |
| Whisknladle | San Diego CA | 858-551-7575 |
| Estancia Adobe | San Diego CA | 858-550-1000 |
| Tapenade | San Diego CA | 858-551-7500 |
| Avenue 5 | San Diego CA | 619-542-0394 |
| Mimmos Italian Village | San Diego CA | 619-239-3710 |
| Hotel Del Coronado Banquets | Coronado CA | 619-435-6611 |
| Anthology | San Diego CA | 619-595-0300 |
| Miguel's Cocina Coronado | Coronado CA | 619-437-4237 |
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include Baby Green Zucchini Squash. One
is easiest, three is harder.
