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Filled Zucchini Boats

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Filled Zucchini Boats

The perfect filled zucchini boats recipe with a picture and simple step-by-step instructions.

  • 2 size Zucchini – or 4 rondini
  • 200 g Beef meat
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 pole Leek
  • 1 toe Garlic
  • 1 bunch Chives
  • Chili powder, e.g. Pimente d’Espelette
  • Ricotta or cottage cheese
  • Some freshly grated Parmesan
  • Cumin – cumin
  • Olive oil
  • Salt pepper

Prepare the beef meat

  1. Sauté the peeled and finely chopped onion in a pan with a little oil, add the ground beef, fry vigorously and pound until crumbly. Season with plenty of cumin and a little salt. Then put the meat aside.

Prepare the zucchini

  1. Wash the zucchini or rondini (round zucchini), but do not peel them. Halve the zucchini, cut a small lid off the rondini. Then hollow out the vegetables with a teaspoon until about 1cm of wall remains. Season the zucchini with plenty of salt and pepper and leave to stand for a moment. Then place the zucchini upside down on a baking sheet, drizzle lightly with olive oil and cook in an oven preheated to 180 ° C (convection) for about 10 minutes.

The filling

  1. Roughly chop the white leek, cut the chives into small rolls and mix with the ricotta / cottage cheese into the minced meat filling. Season well with cumin, salt and pepper and the chilli powder. The filling can seem a little too salty. This goes back a little when gratinating. Pour the filling evenly into the hollowed out zucchini, press lightly and sprinkle generously with freshly grated Parmesan.

Gratinated

  1. Then gratinate on the baking sheet in the still hot oven (180 ° C fan oven) until the Parmesan layer has taken off color.
Dinner
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filled zucchini boats

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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