Stuffed Round Zucchini
Stuffed Round Zucchini

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, stuffed round zucchini. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Another way to use the leftover zucchini flesh is to make a lighter version of this Stuffed Round Zucchini dish — without ground beef. Follow the recipe and the directions, but in place of ground beef, use the chopped leftover zucchini flesh. Add the zucchini flesh to the cooked bacon and cook the zucchini until soft.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed round zucchini using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Round Zucchini:
  1. Get 2 small red onions, finely chopped
  2. Make ready 2 small red bell peppers, finely chopped
  3. Make ready 6-8 small round zucchini
  4. Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
  5. Make ready 10.5 oz button mushrooms, diced
  6. Make ready 1 carrot, diced
  7. Take 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  8. Get 2 teaspoons marjoram
  9. Make ready I teaspoon thyme
  10. Take 1.5 cups cooked lentils
  11. Get O.5 cup tomato sauce
  12. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt, plus more to sprinkle inside the zucchini
  13. Make ready A few grinds of black pepper

I really liked the result and actually liked this better than the stuffed zucchini I made before. These stuffed zucchini can be served as an appetizer or as a side. I love to grow different types of zucchini, and this round type of zucchini is perfect for stuffing. It is best to choose the smaller sized round zucchini, no more than four inches across as the larger ones are simply full of seeds.

Instructions to make Stuffed Round Zucchini:
  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
  2. Cut the tops off the zucchini and carefully scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Chop.
  3. Heat a pan over medium-high heat and add the chopped onion, bell peppers, garlic and a splash of water (or oil if you prefer). Once soft add the mushrooms and fry until browned. Add the carrot and chopped zucchini flesh. Cook until the carrot is tender and the liquid has evaporated.
  4. Add the paprika and herbs and sautee for a few seconds to release the flavors. Add the cooked lentils, tomato sauce, salt and pepper and cook for a couple more minutes to allow the flavors to combine.
  5. Sprinkle the insides of the zucchini with a bit of salt and pepper and stuff with the filling.
  6. Place them in a baking dish and put their tops back on.
  7. Bake for 45–60 minutes or until they can be easily pierced with a knife. Check on them from time to time and if the tops start burning, either take them out or cover them with tin foil.
  8. Let cool for a couple of minutes before serving.
  9. Note: remember the quantity for the lentils (1.5 cups) is for COOKED lentils 😀

You could certainly use regular medium sized zucchini to stuff instead. In this recipe zucchini are hollowed into 'boats' and stuffed with bread crumbs, Cheddar cheese, onion, parsley, egg and Parmesan cheese. A hearty side dish or main meal. Cut the zucchini in half lengthwise (stem to bottom). If the zucchini are wobbly, cut a thin slice off the bottom to make them stand up.

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