Baked zucchini with minced meat in the oven turns out so delicious and juicy that they can be cooked even on big holidays, which are celebrated with the family in a home setting. It is also worth noting that such a beautiful and aromatic dish does not require too much cost, since it is prepared from inexpensive and simple ingredients.
Step-by-step recipe for stuffed zucchini with minced meat
Required Products:
- fresh calf meat - 400 g;
- large sweet bulbs - 2 pcs.;
- allspice black - a few pinches;
- large young zucchini - 2-3 pcs. (depends on the number of guests);
- table salt - 1 dessert spoon ;
- refined vegetable oil - 35 ml (for roasting meat);
- ripe tomato - red and yellow - 4 pcs.;
- fat mayonnaise - 200 g;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- fresh greens - to decorate the dish.
Filling process
Baked zucchini with minced meat in the oven can be made from any kind of meat (pork, lamb, chicken, etc.). We decided to purchase fresh boneless veal and plenty of fat. It must be washed, cut into pieces and chopped in a blender. To make the filling more aromatic, it is recommended to add 2 heads of onion to the minced meat. It can be finely chopped, but it is better to turn it into pulp using a meat grinder. After this, the ingredients must be combined, salt and pepper.
Minced meat
Before cooking baked zucchini with minced meat in the oven, it is recommended to fry chopped meat with onions a little in a pan. Such processing will significantly reduce the time of baking dishes in the oven, as well as make the minced meat more tasty and aromatic. Thus, it is necessary to pour vegetable oil into the stewpan, lay out the meat and fry for 15 minutes, stirring regularly.
Vegetable processing
The recipe for squash with minced meat involves the use of only fresh and young products. The main vegetable needs to be washed thoroughly, peeled (if it is too hard), and then cut across into 4-5 parts (7-8 centimeters thick). After that, you need to remove the core from the zucchini, so that in the end you get a kind of “cups”. You should also wash the tomatoes and cut them into circles.
Dish formation
Lightly fried minced meat should be placed in zucchini-cups, which are preferably sprinkled with salt and pepper in advance. After that, on the surface of the meat, you need to distribute 2 dessert spoons of mayonnaise, 1 circle of ripe tomato and a little grated cheese. All decorated semi-finished products are preferably placed on a baking sheet and put in a preheated oven. Baked zucchini with minced meat in the oven will be fully ready after 30-38 minutes.
Proper serving
When the zucchini becomes soft, and the cheese melts and spreads beautifully into “cups”, the dish should be taken out of the oven, carefully placed on a large flat plate and sprinkled with fresh herbs. It is advisable to present such a dinner to guests hot together with wheat bread and fresh vegetables.