Renée! I wanted to follow up and let you know that I did end up making these soufflés for that dinner party a few weeks ago...I used 2.5 pounds of zucchini (so about half of my ginormous one ;) and they were SO GOOD. A total hit, enjoyed by everyone. Thank you, thank you for sharing such an awesome recipe. I've got 5 more zucs ready for picking and am planning to make it again soon :)
Hello!! It's hard to say because every zucchini is different in size, but the average weight of 1 medium zucchini is about 300-400 grams. (+1 cup grated zucchini weighs about 4 ounces.) For this recipe you need 4 zucchini so about 1400/1500 grams / 3-3,5 pounds (also depending on the size of your eggs. Big eggs = more zucchini, smaller eggs = less). I used 1500 grams and large eggs. So, pdxfoodlove, about 1400 grams / 3 pounds. sexyLAMBCHOPx, same - 1400 grams/ 3 pounds or about 12 cups (not packed) grated zucchini. Brooke, 4-5 pounds each!? Really? They must be huge.. You shouldn't use 4 of them for this recipe indeed;) I'd say 1 ('small' one) if they weigh that much.
Planning to make this for a dinner party tomorrow and am wondering about how many pounds of zucchini this calls for? I have some homegrown zucchini that I'd like to use up, but they weigh in at 4-5 pounds each so am thinking 4 of them might be a wee bit too much zuc ;)
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