Zucchini boats stuffed with meat and tomatoes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Stuffed zucchini boats in the oven can serve as the perfect hot dish for any family or holiday dinner. It is also worth noting that such vegetables can be stuffed with absolutely any ingredients - from meat to greens. In this article, we offer a cooking option with minced veal, tomatoes and cheese.

How to make zucchini boats in the oven

Required ingredients:

• Fatless Veal Pulp - 200g;
• hard cheese - 130 g;
• medium bulbs - 3 pcs;
• young small zucchini - 3-4 pieces;
• medium fat mayonnaise - 140 g;
• ripe small tomatoes - 4 pcs.;
• iodized s alt - ¾ small spoon;
• large fresh carrots - 1 pc.;
• pepper, dried parsley and dill - to taste;
• vegetable oil - 2-4 tablespoons.

The process of cooking minced meat

Zucchini boats can be filled with any meat product. We decided to use thesetargets lean veal. It should be washed, cut into pieces, and then chopped in a meat grinder. To give the minced meat a special flavor, it is also recommended to add onions to it. It can be finely chopped or processed similarly to meat. After that, the veal with the onion must be thoroughly mixed, seasoned with s alt, dried herbs and pepper, and then proceed to fry them.

Cooking meat

Before filling zucchini boats with minced meat, it is recommended to lightly fry it in oil along with coarsely grated carrots. You can do this in a saucepan, and in a regular frying pan. After the meat is lightly browned and loses all the broth (after 10-14 minutes), the dishes must be removed from the stove, and then finely chopped fresh tomatoes should be added to the finished veal.

Zucchini Processing

Boats from zucchini must be done as follows: fresh and young vegetables need to be washed, cut off the ends (can also be peeled), divided in half lengthwise, and then carefully remove the core with a knife and spoon. As a result, you should get in-depth and elongated shapes with fairly thick walls. Before putting minced meat there, it is recommended to generously grease them with s alt and pepper.

Shaping the dish

Ready-made and spice-flavored zucchini boats should be filled to the top with cooled minced meat. After that, the meat needs to be greased with a small amount of mayonnaise, which subsequently needs to be sprinkled with grated hard cheese.

Heat treatment of the dish

Filled zucchini should be carefully placed on a sheet or any other dish, and then put in a preheated oven for about half an hour. This time is enough for the vegetables to become soft, and the cheese to melt and form a delicious ruddy hat.

Proper serving

The finished dish of zucchini and minced meat should be removed from the oven, placed on a large plate and cooled slightly (so as not to be scalding). Next, the boats need to be cut into portioned pieces and presented to family members as a delicious main course. You can also make a vegetable salad with zucchini, serve fresh wheat bread and tomato sauce.