Instructions: Wash and pat dry zucchini blossoms and set aside.

Mix 2 tablespoons pine nuts, ricotta, egg, parsley and nutmeg in a medium mixing bowl until homogenous and of a rough paste-like consistency.

Gently open each flower and, using a small teaspoon, place 2 tablespoons ricotta mixture in each flower and close up again by twisting ends of flower like the ends of a mustache. Set aside.

In a blender, mix 1/2 watercress, yogurt and 1/2 teaspoon salt until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute).

In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick pan, heat 1 ounce of the extra-virgin olive oil until just smoking and place 6 blossoms in pan. Cook until golden brown (about 2 minutes) and turn once, cook 1 minute more and remove to warm plate. Repeat with remaining blossoms.

While last blossoms are cooking, toss remaining watercress with remaining 2 ounces of extra-virgin olive oil and juice of 1 lemon to coat. Divide into center of 4 plates. Drizzle a puddle of yogurt sauce around watercress and place 3 warm blossoms in Mercedes-Benz angles on top of sauce. Sprinkle each plate with a few of the remaining pine nuts and serve.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

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