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Zucchini with Lard

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 4 m.-large zucchini
  • Salt
  • 1 small can of tomato paste
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp lemon(s) – zest, grated
  • 1 bunch thyme, chopped
  • ½ tsp salt
  • pepper
  • 8 slice(s) bacon, streaky, thin
  • 2 tbsp butter, for the baking tray
  • 1 cup mozzarella, diced

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Zucchini wrapped in bacon

Wash the zucchini and blanch in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Remove, halve, and place on the work surface. Combine the tomato paste with the garlic, lemon zest, and thyme and brush the zucchini halves with it. Put the zucchini halves back together and wrap each with two slices of bacon. Grease an ovenproof dish and place the zucchini in it. Sprinkle with cheese and bake in an oven preheated to 200°C for 15 minutes.

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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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