Vegetables and meat are a great combination to create a delicious yet light meal. Add a touch of originality and festive aesthetics to it, even if you are cooking for a regular family meal, and bake zucchini with minced meat.
Baked zucchini with minced meat: recipe
Ingredients:
- 1, 2-1, 5 kg of young zucchini;
- 600 g of pork;
- 400 g of beef or veal;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 4 tablespoons rice;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 onion;
- 1 tomato;
- 50 g of hard unsweetened cheese;
- 3 sprigs of dill and parsley;
- 1/3 tsp ground black pepper;
- 2, 5 tsp salt;
- vegetable oil.
If you prefer to use only lean meat or poultry breast for stuffing vegetables, put a spoonful of sour cream in the filling to make it more tender.
Put the rice to cook. Wash the pork and beef cuts, pat dry with a paper towel, cut into large cubes and mince. Peel the onion, chop and divide into 2 servings. Add half an onion, boiled rice, chopped herbs to the minced meat, pour in an egg, add ground pepper and 1, 5 tsp. salt. Mix everything well, preferably with your hands, so that all the components are evenly distributed.
If there are too many stuffed zucchini, place a portion on a tray or flat plate, wrap with cling film and freeze for future use.
Cut the skins from the zucchini and cut each crosswise into 2-4 thick circles. Carefully cut the cores out of them. Set aside the pulp, and fill the remaining "cups" without a bottom with minced meat. Place the filling tightly enough so that the stuffed vegetables do not warp during cooking.
Baked zucchini with minced meat: preparation
Make a flavorful grill for your main course. Grate the carrots, cut the tomato and zucchini center pieces into small pieces. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and fry leftover onions in it for 2 minutes. Transfer the rest of the vegetables to it, salt to taste and simmer for 10 minutes under the lid, reducing the heat to the very minimum. Do not forget to stir the preparation periodically with a wooden spoon or spatula.
Set the oven temperature to 180oC. Take a deep baking sheet or ovenproof dish and coat the inside with vegetable oil. Place raw zucchini with cheese there after half the specified time. Serve 2-3 rings of meat on each serving plate, along with vegetable garnish and fresh sour cream.
