Alain Llorca

Aug 16, 2023 | bbc.com | Anne Banas |Anna Bressanin |Alain Llorca

Stuffed courgette flowers, one of the Mediterranean's oldest and humblest dishes, are now served at Michelin-star restaurants on the most dazzling terraces of France's Côte d'Azur. No one knows for sure when or how locals in the South of France started eating fleurs de courgette (courgette flowers), but their simple philosophy endures: when life gives you courgettes, make stuffed courgette blossoms.