Zucchini and Goat Cheese Wraps

So if you read the blog often you’ve probably figured out that I have just about every kitchen gadget known to man.  However, I never had a mandoline slicer, until now! To break it in I wanted to try a bunch of different Zucchini recipes.  The first idea I had was to make thin slices of Zucchini and form them into wraps.  The result was awesome!

Here’s the finished result!  They came out like little sushi rolls.Start by washing a large Zucchini and slicing off the ends.

Then align it as shown on your mandoline slicer. I ended up throwing the first and last slice away because they weren’t as uniform and had a lot of skin on them. After the slicing you should end up with a series of uniform, 1/8″ Zucchini slices as shown.For this recipe, I really wanted to get the grill lines so I used my cast iron griddle set to high heat.

To prep the Zucchini slices, I used a small container with olive oil and a brush.

I then brushed both sides of the Zucchini with oil and coated them lightly with salt and pepper.

Mmmm, grilling Zucchini!While the Zucchini was cooking, I prepped the filling.  I used a combination of goat cheese, dill and mint.

For each slice, I took 1/6th of the mixture and formed a roll in my hands. Basically I rolled a ball until it became long enough to fill most of the slice.  I originally tried to just spread the goat cheese but this resulted in broken up Zucchini slices …

After the roll is spread out, I just pushed it down and spread it as shown above.

Then I simply rolled each one up!After rolling I hit it with a toothpick to keep it all together.