Zucchini stuffed with meat is baked quickly enough in the oven. But before you put them there, you need to do the culinary work of preparing the filling and processing vegetables.
How to cook zucchini stuffed in the oven?
Essential Ingredients:
- fresh veal (pulp) - 200 g;
- fresh pork with a small amount of fat - 200 g;
- large onion - 1 pc.;
- fresh large carrots - 1 pc.;
- large zucchini - 2 pcs.;
- greens - a bunch;
- table salt - 2/3 of a small spoon;
- hard cheese - 180 g;
- ground pepper - 1-2 pinches;
- medium fat mayonnaise - 70 g.
The process of processing a meat product
Stuffed zucchini in the oven bakes much faster if you use only young and fresh meat. For this, it is recommended to purchase 200 g of pork and veal pulp. The products must be washed and then cut into pieces and chopped in a meat grinder.
Vegetable processing
To make the meat more fragrant, you should add one large onion to it, processed in the same way as meat. After that, you need to peel and immediately grate fresh large carrots on a large grater. It must be poured to chopped veal and pork along with salt and ground pepper, and then mix well until smooth.
In order for the zucchini stuffed in the oven to turn out juicy and soft, it must first be thoroughly washed and peeled. Next, the vegetable must be divided lengthwise into two halves, each of which should be freed from the core with pulp and seeds. As a result of such actions, you should get a kind of "boat" with fairly thick walls (it is advisable to spice them with salt).
Dish formation
After all the main ingredients have been prepared, you should start filling the zucchini. To do this, “boats” need to be filled with minced meat, and then placed on a large oven pan. To prevent the dish from being dry, it is recommended to flavor it with fat sauce. To do this, grate the cheese, add chopped greens and mayonnaise to it. Having mixed all the products, they should be distributed on the surface of the meat.
Stuffed zucchini: bake a dish in the oven
Ready-made stuffed vegetables with a cheese cap must be placed in the oven for 50-60 minutes. During this time, zucchini will become soft, the meat will be completely cooked, and the sauce of greens and mayonnaise will melt and cover with a golden crust.
Zucchini stuffed in the oven: photo and proper serving
After the set time, hot vegetables with meat must be moved to a large dish. After they are slightly cooled, they should be cut into small portions that need to be laid out on plates. It is advisable to serve such a tasty and satisfying dish for dinner in a warm form along with fresh herbs, tomato paste, vegetable salad and wheat bread.
Helpful advice
It is worth noting that during the preparation of stuffed zucchini, they can be cut not only along, in the form of “boats”, but also across - in the form of “cups”.