Courgette boats stuffed with mincedmeat or vegetables, will be a great snack for a ceremonial reception or second course for lunch. Baked oblong halves with a fragrant filling, covered with a crust of parmesan, will not leave anyone indifferent. And preparing a dish is quite simple and fast. Be sure to try!
Stuffed squash-boats: a recipe with minced meat
For several servings you will need:
- 3 young zucchini;
- 400 gr. minced meat of your choice - beef, pork, their mixture, you can also take chicken;
- 1 piece of onions and ripe tomatoes;
- 2 tbsp. l sweet canned corn;
- hard cheese - about 100 grams;
- mayonnaise, seasonings, frying oil and salt.
Courgette boats stuffed with meat are cookedin the following way. First, finely chop the onion, place in the pan with butter and lightly fry. After that, add minced meat, seasonings and salt and cook for no more than 10 minutes. Finely chop the tomatoes and mix with the corn, grate the cheese finely. Squashes need to be washed, remove the upper part, after cutting along in half and remove the pulp. You should have a “boat” with walls one and a half centimeters thick. Mix the prepared minced meat with corn and tomatoes and fill them with free zucchini space. Mayonnaise also needs to be combined with cheese, the resulting sauce is abundantly spread on top of the vegetables. Is done. Squash-boats stuffed with minced meat, you need to put on a baking sheet and send in the oven for 20 minutes or half an hour. This dish can be served independently, without a side dish, or with mashed potatoes. Since thus cooked vegetables look very aesthetically pleasing, they can be an addition to the festive table.
Zucchini boats stuffed with mushrooms
Try to make such a vegetarian version of the previous recipe. For the filling this time we will take the mushrooms. Remove from your stock:
- a pound of fresh champignons, ceps, aspen mushrooms, and so on;
- 1 kg of zucchini small size, it is best to choose young vegetables;
- 2 onion bulbs;
- a few tablespoons of sour cream;
- 150-200 gr. cheese (hard);
- greens, lemon juice, salt, oil for frying.
Кабачки помойте, разрежьте вдоль, выньте мякоть – You should have “boats” with rather thick walls. They need to lightly fry in a skillet. Onion finely crumble, cut the mushrooms into pieces. In the same pan, where you cooked zucchini, brown your stuffing - first onions, and then mushrooms. Salt, sprinkle with spices or pepper, add a couple of tablespoons of sour cream and a little lemon juice. Simmer at low temperature for about 10 minutes. Is done. Add chopped greens and fill with vegetable squash. Sprinkle with cheese on top and send to bake in the oven, at 200 degrees everything will be ready in 15 minutes. Zucchini boats stuffed with mushrooms are especially tasty when served with sour cream. As a filling, you can also use fried from any vegetables, for example carrots, eggplants and bell peppers. It all depends on your imagination and the availability of products in your refrigerator.
