Zucchini Carpaccio and a Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Have you been watching Masterchef this year? I have been following along when my TV decides it wants to! Our rental has a terrible TV signal so some days I get home and we only have two channels, everything else is snow. Or worse still I get a glitchy picture with disjointed sound. It is like the TV is teasing me!!! I can kind of see what is going on but not quite!

Today I have a great vegetarian recipe for you, it works perfectly as a starter (appetiser/appetizer - call it what you will) or could be served as a side salad or sharing platter. AND thanks to MasterChef I am giving away a great little tool that will help you create culinary perfection. Today I have 5 MasterChef Mandoline Slicers to giveaway.

Before I go any further I want to say on screen "Please use the finger guard" I don't want to have nightmares about people losing the ends of their fingers!!! And that little bit of food that gets stuck on the finger guard and can't be chopped, well that is chefs perk, if it is tasty like carrot, or scraps for the pigs (or the bin) if it is something not so tasty like raw potato. (Actually can pigs eat potato???)

This slicer is excellent, it can slice at 3 thicknesses and can create 2 different sized julienne cuts. I used it to cut my zucchini into wafer thin slices for this Zucchini Carpaccio. Other than the lack of beef this recipe is pretty traditional, olive oil and lemon are used to dress the slices and it is served with some shaved parmesan and a generous amount of black pepper. It is fresh, delicious and the perfect start to a meal.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

So to the giveaway. In the spirit of MasterChef I am making this competition a 'Mystery Box' Challenge. From the following list of ingredients, you have to come up with a dish, it can be any course and the winner will be based on the most delicious and/or inventive sounding dish. There is no need to cook the dish 😉 this is a virtual challenge.

• chicken breast
• baby potatoes
• chorizo sausage
• fresh asparagus spears
• wild mushrooms
• single cream
• sherry
• zucchini
• punnet of strawberries
• butternut pumpkin
• brie
• butter
• prawns
• spinach
• red onion
• celery
• lemon

Pantry staples: Oil, salt, pepper, garlic, eggs, plain flour, brown sugar, white wine vinegar.

If you already subscribe to the newsletter then all you need to do is add your dish to the comments below.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Entries close at 11:59pm AWST on Friday 3rd July 2015 and I will announced the winners on this blog at 9:00pm AWST on Sunday 5th July 2015. Due to the prize having a blade in it, this giveaway is only open to people over the age of 21 and will only be posted to an Australian address. Full Terms and Conditions can be found at the bottom of this post.

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5 from 4 votes

Zucchini Carpaccio and a Giveaway

Prep Time10 mins

Total Time10 mins

Servings: 4

Author: Claire | Sprinkle and Sprouts

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Ingredients

• 3 zucchini (a mixture of green and yellow looks great, but the flavour is just as good with all green)
• 2 tablespoon olive oil - See notes
• 1 lemon
• Flaked salt
• Freshly cracked black pepper
• parmesan for topping

Instructions

• Trim the ends off the zucchini and use a mandolin slicer (or potato peeler) to cut wafer thin rounds of zucchini.
• Arrange these on your 4 plates or one serving platter.
• Cut the lemon into quarters length ways.
• Drizzle olive oil over each plate of zucchini (see notes)
• Squeeze a lemon segment over each plate and season generously with salt and black pepper. Alternatively if preparing one large platter, squeeze all the lemon over the platter.
• Sprinkle over some shaved parmesan and serve immediately.

Notes

1 AU tablespoon = 4 tsp

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Just to recap:

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

The giveaway From the following list of ingredients, you have suggest a dish, it can be any course and the winner will be based on the most delicious and/or inventive sounding dish. There is no need to cook the dish 😉 this is a virtual challenge.

To enter, subscribe to my Newsletter and then in the comments below tell me what you would cook.

If you already subscribe to the newsletter then all you need to do is add your dish to the comments below.

• chicken breast
• baby potatoes
• chorizo sausage
• fresh asparagus spears
• wild mushrooms
• single cream
• sherry
• zucchini
• punnet of strawberries
• butternut pumpkin
• brie
• butter
• prawns
• spinach
• red onion
• celery
• lemon

Pantry staples: Oil, salt, pepper, garlic, eggs, plain flour, brown sugar, white wine vinegar.

This giveaway is hosted by Claire McEwen of Sprinkles and Sprouts and is run in accordance with my disclosure policy, please read the terms and conditions below.

Terms and Conditions:  

• To enter you must be a subscriber to Sprinkles and Sprouts newletter. Any entries who have not subscribed will not be counted.
• To qualify entries must be made via the commenting system below.
• This giveaway is a game of skill and the winner will be based on the most inventive and/or delicious sounding dish.
• The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.  
• Entries close at 11:59pm AWST on Friday 3rd July 2015.
• The Winners will be announced on this blog at 9:00pm AWST on Sunday 5th July 2015.
• The 5 winning entries will also be notified by email.
• If I have not received an email reply from the winner within 7 days (9:00pm AWST 12th July 2015) the prize will be forfeited and awarded to the entry judged to be the next most delicious sounding dish.  
• One entry per household.
• Minimum age 21.
• Australian Residents only.
• You may see this GIVEAWAY on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages, but there is no requirement to share this giveaway on any social media. By all means if you want to share then share away, but it is not a requirement of entry. This giveaway is run solely through Sprinkles and Sprouts website.

This GIVEAWAY is promoted on http://www.AllAustraliaCompetitions.com