Bootees from courgettes stuffed with crushedmeat or vegetables, will be an excellent snack for a gala dinner or a second course for lunch. Baked oblong halves with a fragrant filling, covered with a crust of parmesan, will not leave anyone indifferent. And the dish is prepared quite simply and quickly. Be sure to try it!
Stuffed zucchini-pods: 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 onion and ripe tomato;
- 2 tbsp. l. sweet canned corn;
- Hard cheese - about 100 g;
- mayonnaise, seasonings, frying oil and salt.
Boats from courgettes stuffed with meat, cookedin the following way. First finely chop the onions, put them on a skillet with butter and lightly fry. After that, add the mince, seasonings and salt and cook for no more than 10 minutes. Tomatoes finely chop and mix with corn, cheese finely grate on a grater. Courgettes need to be washed, remove the upper part, after cutting along in half and remove the pulp. You should get a "boat" with walls a half of a centimeter thick. Mix the prepared stuffing with corn and tomatoes and fill them with the space of courgettes. Mayonnaise also needs to be combined with cheese, the resulting sauce abundantly from above to smear vegetables. Done. Pizza-boxes, stuffed with minced meat, you need to put it on a baking sheet and send it to the oven for 20 minutes or half an hour. This dish can be served on its own, without garnish, or can be served with mashed potatoes. As this way cooked vegetables look very aesthetic, they can be a complement to the festive table.
Bootees from courgettes stuffed with mushrooms
Try to make such a vegetarian version of the previous recipe. For the filling this time we'll take the mushrooms. Get out of your stocks:
- half a kilo of fresh champignons, white mushrooms, boletus, and so on;
- 1 kg of zucchini small size, it is best to choose young vegetables;
- 2 onion bulbs;
- several tablespoons of sour cream;
- 150-200 gr. cheese (solid);
- greens, lemon juice, salt, oil for frying.
Zucchini wash, cut along, take out the flesh -you should get "boats" with thick enough walls. They need to be lightly fried in a pan. Finely chop the onion, cut the mushrooms into pieces. In the same frying pan where you cooked zucchini, brown your stuffing - first onion, and then mushrooms. Salt, sprinkle with spices or pepper, add a couple of spoons of sour cream and a little lemon juice. Stew at low temperature for about 10 minutes. Done. Add the chopped greens and stuff with a vegetable mass of zucchini. Top the dish generously sprinkle with cheese and send to bake in the oven, at 200 degrees everything will be ready in 15 minutes. Boats from courgettes stuffed with mushrooms, especially tasty, if they are served with sour cream. As a filling, you can also use a roast from any vegetables, such as carrots, eggplant and bell pepper. It all depends on your imagination and the availability of food in your refrigerator.</ p>>
