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 Stuffed Zucchini | Status Approved | | Name |  Stuffed Zucchini | | Category | Cooking on Budget, Italian, Quick meals | | Serves/Yields | 4 | | Source | Papa Sansoni | | Difficulty | Easy | | Prep. Time | 20 min | | Cook Time | 20 min | | Introduction | | This is a very nice recipe for a unusual second course, or a great complete meal if your guest are not starving...
This is the roman style, as in many other regions of Italy this dish is baked in the oven.
We think this way is simpler, and you can use a canned tomato sauce to make it even simpler. | | Ingredients | | 8 large zucchini ( about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and about 5 inches long)
1/2 Lb ground beef
1 hamburger or hot-dog bun.
1/4 cup whole_milk
2 eggs
1 medium sized onion , diced finely
1/2 cup tomato_puree .
2 Tbsp extra_virgin_olive_oil
2 Tbsp grated Parmigiano Reggiano.
1/8 tsp sea_salt , several grinds black pepper , few scratches of fresh nutmeg | | Directions | | Step: 1 |  Wash zucchini and cut off both ends.
With the coring tool, (in Italy we call it scavino) hollow zucchini.
You may want to save the pulp for making a pasta sauce as we do in Italy. | | Step: 2 | Place torn up bun in a mixing bowl and pour milk over.
Add the beef, eggs, parmigiano, salt, pepper, and nutmeg and mix well with a spoon or your hands.
Stuff the zucchini with the meat mixture. | | Step: 3 |  In a pan, sauté onion with extra virgin olive oil until translucent, add the zucchini and tomato puree, diluted with a couple of tablespoons of water.
Adjust salt to taste.
Cook, covered, for 20 minutes on low heat.
If the sauce becomes too dense, keep adding a little bit of warm water.
This dish can be served cold or warm,
and reheats very good in the microwave. |
Time submitted: Sunday, June 08. 2008 at 15:56:36 Contributed By: guido
Rate It| Average score: 3.33 () votes: 9 |  |  |  | |  |  | Comments
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By Jac on Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 04:14:53 CEST
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Fantastic meal!! I addeda few other ingrdients- I added to the mince beef- chopped water chessnuts- to give another texture plus some red wine. and in the tomato sauce I added garlic, redwine, finley chopped chilli (love spicy food) and at the very end some Fresh torn up Basil leaves. IT WAS AMAZING!!! I served it to sopme very dear freinds of mine who are food critics and they were blown away!! I cooked it in one of those sunbeam cookers that you plug in the wall to fit all the zucchini's in at the same time. |
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