Italian Stuffed Zucchini with Tomato Sauce Recipe

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Italian Stuffed Zucchini With Tomato Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

  • Serving Size : 6
  • 6 zucchini – medium-size
  • 1 egg – beaten
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 2/3 cup bread crumbs – fine
  • 1/2 cup onion – minced
  • 2/3 cup parmesan cheese – grated
  • 1 carrot,medium-size – minced
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 2 garlic cloves – minced
  • salt to taste
  • 1/2 pound ground beef – lean
  • pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup ham – ground
  • 1 1/2 cup tomato sauce

Method

  1. Wash and dry zucchini; cut in half lengthwise and hollow out centers carefully, leaving shells 1/4-inch thick.
  2. Reserve pulp.
  3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet; saute onion, carrot and garlic in oil until limp.
  4. Coarsely chop zucchini pulp and add to sauteed mixture; cook a few minutes.
  5. Put vegetable mixture into a bowl.
  6. Cook beef in the same skillet until it loses its pink color.
  7. Add ham and vegetable mixture; mix well.
  8. Add egg, bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste and oregano; mix well.
  9. Stuff zucchini shells with meat-vegetable mixture, mounding tops.
  10. Pour tomato sauce into the bottom of a large ovenproof dish; arrange stuffed zucchini in sauce.
  11. Sprinke tops with remaining cheese.
  12. Cover tightly with foil; bake in preheated 350F oven 30 to 40 minutes, or until tender
  13. Uncover during last 10 minutes of baking time to brown tops.

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