GREEK STUFFED ZUCCHINI (KOLOKITHAKIA YEMISTA AVGOLEMONO)
A delcious way to use up loads of large zucchini. I figure one medium to large zucchini per person, per serving, depending on appetite.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h40m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cut zucchini into 1/2s or 1/3s, cored on one end (the other end is left intact) and remove filing carefully with corer so that a not-too-thick wall of zucchini remains to contain the filling, keep 1/2 the zucchini flesh removed from the coring, minced (not the shells- but the actual part of the zucchini that was removed, the other half makes a lovely omelette with a bit of parmesan for another meal!).
- You can prepare your zucchini from the previous day and keep, wrapped, in the refrigerator- this actually makes a lot less work on the day of preparation as it's the coring of the zucchini that takes up the most time.
- Mix the meats, onion, garlic, rice, parsley and zucchini in a bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Stuff this mixture into the opening of the one end of each zucchini piece and make sure the filling goes all the way into the vegetable.
- Level opening neatly so that no filling comes out.
- Layer the filled zucchini pieces in a big pot and add enough boiling water to just cover.
- Put in the stock cubes and the butter and cover.
- Simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour (knife tip should slip into a piece easily), and take off heat.
- Carefully remove the zucchini pieces with a slotted spoon and place on a reheatable serving dish.
- Strain the cooking liquid left in the pot to remove any pieces of zucchini or grains of rice that may be floating around.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with the cornstarch and lemon juice (add the juice of 1 lemon at this point).
- Slowly ladle in (literally the thinnest of streams) your hot cooking liquid, whisking the eggs all the while so they don't curdle.
- Keep doing this till nearly all the cooking liquid has been used and then pour your egg mixture and any cooking liquid left back into the pot and heat on a low flame until the sauce has thickened.
- Taste, if it needs more lemon, add up to 1/2 more.
- This is what is called an'Avgolemono Sauce' (Egg-lemon Sauce)- it is delicious.
- When ready to serve, put 2-3 piping hot pieces of the stuffed zucchini on each plate and nap with the sauce.
- Serve with feta cheese on the side (you won't believe how good a nibble of feta tastes with each bite of this!), good, crusty bread (you want to get all the sauce), and wine.
GREEK STUFFED ZUCCHINI
This is a tasty meat and vegetables with just the right spices to make it a flavorful dish. I got this from the ladies of the Greek Orthodox Church. They always have something special cooking in the kitchen.
Provided by glitter
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Slightly brown the meat, drain if needed.
- Add the seasonings.
- Cook onions and the garlic in the olive oil.
- Add wine and tomato then cook your mixture 30 minute.
- Let it cool slightly, then quickly stir in the egg whites and bread crumbs.
- Set aside while preparing the zucchini.
- Trim both ends of the zucchini and slice in halves lengthwise.
- Parboil them for 3 minutes in salted water.
- Carefully, remove onto paper towels and drain.
- Place into an oiled, flat roasting pan.
- Scoop out the centers discarding the pulp.
- Spoon the meat filling into the shells.
- Top each with bread crumbs, moistened with oil or butter.
- Sprinkle with the grated cheese over all.
- Bake at 350°F for 40 minutes or until crumbs are golden and the zucchini are very tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 436.8, Fat 25.9, SaturatedFat 7.3, Cholesterol 49.7, Sodium 615.8, Carbohydrate 25.2, Fiber 4.3, Sugar 8.4, Protein 19.1
MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Here's a delicious way to solve the problem of those too-big zucchinis ballooning in your garden at the end of the summer: zucchini boats baked and stuffed with lamb, feta, pine nuts, tomatoes, and more. It's just like your mother used to make, but with an exotic Mediterranean twist!
Provided by Larry Short
Categories Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Zucchini Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Use a melon baller to separate and remove seeds and pulp separately from the zucchini, carving out each half and leaving about a half-inch shell. Chop zucchini pulp into pieces about 1/4 inch in diameter. Discard seeds.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add ground lamb; continue to cook and stir until lamb is lightly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir chopped zucchini into the lamb mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer mixture until the zucchini is hot, about 3 minutes. Drain excess grease. Season lamb mixture with coarse salt and black pepper.
- Remove skillet from heat. Stir tomato sauce, tomatoes, feta cheese, pine nuts, and 1/4 cup mint leaves through the lamb mixture; spoon into the zucchini halves. Put stuffed zucchini halves into a large baking dish. Pour water into the baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Mix bread crumbs and mozzarella cheese in a bowl. Sprinkle 1/4 cup mint leaves over the zucchini and top with the bread crumb mixture. Continue baking until the top is crusty and browned, about 10 minutes more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 649.3 calories, Carbohydrate 38.8 g, Cholesterol 114.7 mg, Fat 38.7 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 40.6 g, SaturatedFat 14.9 g, Sodium 1522.8 mg, Sugar 14.2 g
GREEK STYLE STUFFED EGGPLANT/SUMMER SQUASH/ZUCCHINI
This is a great recipe for using up your bland summer vegetables from the garden. You can use it with eggplant, summer squash, zucchini, or all the above! I found that it is easiest if you break the work into two days, starting on a day when you will already have the oven on for something else. In the recipe I state "zucchini," but use whichever vegetable you have instead.
Provided by All-Natural-Nut
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h40m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- day one.
- coat zucchini with light coating of olive oil or other fat.
- roast zucchini in 400-450 degree oven for 20 minutes.
- meanwhile, in a large frying pan BROWN the meat on medium-high heat, but keeping it slightly undercooked.
- lower flame to medium, and add thyme, oregano, salt & pepper.
- chop onions & add.
- mince garlic & add.
- chop tomato & add.
- measure wine & deglaze with it.
- cool both the zucchini and meat mixture, & store in fridge til next day.
- day two.
- blend together: butter, breadcrumbs & cheese, and set aside.
- slice squash lengthwise, scoop center, chop the scooped zucchini "meat," & add to meat mixture.
- lay zucchini shells in a baking pan.
- add 1 egg and breadcrumbs to meat mixture.
- fill zucchini shells with meat mixture.
- top with breadcrumbs & cheese mixture.
- bake at 400 for 40 minutes or until crumb mixture is browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 550.5, Fat 25.3, SaturatedFat 11.6, Cholesterol 137, Sodium 1083.7, Carbohydrate 39.5, Fiber 6.9, Sugar 12.8, Protein 31
GREEKED ZUCCHINI
A casserole of sorts that requires no dishes and is so tasty, you'll never use that extra zucchini to make muffins again!
Provided by BBLUELINE
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Squash Zucchini
Time 55m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Spray a large piece of aluminum foil with nonstick cooking spray. Layer the zucchini, onion, pepper, and olives onto the center. Sprinkle with feta cheese, and drizzle with vinaigrette. Fold into a packet and seal the edges.
- Bake in preheated oven until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Open the foil packet, turn the oven onto Broil, and broil until the feta lightly browns. Add the grape tomatoes and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 143.2 calories, Carbohydrate 8.4 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 792 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
VEGETARIAN GREEK STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Walnuts, feta, and lemon in the filling, and sweet, juicy currants in the tomato sauce, fragrant with sherry and cinnamon. All this adds up to an anything but bland zucchini dish, true to its Greek lineage. Straight from the Moosewood Restaraunt New Classic cookbook! Serve this with a crisp cucumber salad and some Provencal Olives, Braised Olives in Tomato Sauce, or Kalamata Olives with Roasted Garlic for a meal that is complete! Enjoy!
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Vegetable
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375*F.
- Lightly oil a baking sheet.
- Slice the zucchini in half lengthwise.
- With a paring knife, score the flesh about 1/2 inch deep.
- Place the cut sides down on the baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with the sherry and cover with foil.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, until yielding but still firm.
- While the zucchini bakes, make the sauce.
- Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onions and garlic, and saute for about 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
- Add the tomato paste, tomatoes, oregano, cinnamon, and sherry.
- Then bring to a boil; reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Add the salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover and set aside.
- While the sauce is simmering, prepare the filling.
- Saute the onions and garlic in the oil for about 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
- In a bowl, combine the sauteed onions with the walnuts, feta, currants, and lemon juice.
- Stir in the rice.
- When the zucchini is tender, use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving a thin 1/4 inch shell.
- Chop the flesh and add it to the filling.
- Mound the filling in the shells and sprinkle with seasoned bread crumbs and olive oil, if desired.
- Bake, uncovered, for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- To serve, ladle some of the tomato sauce onto each plate.
- Place a stuffed zucchini on the sauce and top with grated feta.
- Garnish with oregano leaves, if you wish.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 666.9, Fat 34.7, SaturatedFat 6.3, Cholesterol 16.7, Sodium 788.3, Carbohydrate 66.5, Fiber 10.5, Sugar 23.2, Protein 14.2
GREEK MEATLESS STUFFED ZUCCHINI
Another great idea for when you have lots of zucchini coming out of the garden and you don't want a heavy, meat-based stuffing. The stuffing quantity is for 4-5 inch long zucchini.
Provided by Pesto lover
Categories Vegetable
Time 1h30m
Yield 4-5 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Chop the onion and celery finely. Place them in a pot with the oil, rice, water, salt and pepper. Cook for 25 minutes, over medium heat.
- Meanwhile, mix the juice of two lemons with the egg whites. Set aside.
- Mix the juice of one lemon with the egg yolks. Mix and refrigerate.
- Preheat oven at this point to 350°F.
- Cut the zucchinis in half and scrape out innards. Chop the innards and add to rice mixture after it has cooked for the 25-minute period. Cook with the rice for 5 minutes, to soften the zucchini.
- Take rice off heat and add in the bread crumbs, parsley and egg white mixture. Mix well.
- Place the zucchinis in a baking pan. Stuff the zucchinis with the rice mixture and bake for 40 minutes, covered.
- Take the zucchinis out of the oven, uncover and if there is any juice in the pan, drain it into the egg yolk mixture. Mix well and spoon it onto the zucchinis. Bake uncovered for 5 minutes.
- Serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 409.7, Fat 19.6, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 158.6, Sodium 815.3, Carbohydrate 53.9, Fiber 10.3, Sugar 9.5, Protein 13.9
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