Tuna And Rice Stuffed Zucchini With Extra Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with salted water, place the zucchini into the pot, and boil over medium heat for about 5 minutes to soften. Remove the zucchini, slice in half lengthwise, and allow to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Scoop out the flesh from the zucchini halves, leaving a 1/2-inch shell. Set aside the scooped out flesh in a bowl.
• Place the zucchini flesh into a bowl and mash well. Mix in the tuna, onion, tomato, bread crumbs, egg, salt, and black pepper. Lightly stuff the zucchini shells with the tuna mixture. Drizzle about 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil over each stuffed zucchini half.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are slightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 200°C.
• cut the stalk fron the zucchini, then slice the top so that it is wide enough to be stuffed.
• using a melon baller scoop out the flesh and put in a small pot together with the sliced tops, carrot, 1 cup water and roughly chopped onion. Simmer about 30 minutes or until the carrots are tender. when cooled blend until smooth.
• Mix the tuna, cooked rice, egg, capers, tomato,onions, anchovies and olives with a fork until mixed ( do not use a processor).
• Fill the zucchini with the mixture but do not over fill. Place pieces of cheese on top, then drizzle with olive oil. sprinkle some oregano and season.
• place in an ovenproof dish.
• At this point you may throw in some quartered, medium sized potato and some extra sliced onions to the dish and they will cook at the same time.
• Cover in foil and bake for 30 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for another 30 minutes or until potatoes are done.

Steps:

• Trim zucchinis and cut in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, carefully scoop out the zucchini pulp leaving the shells about 1/4 inch thick and set aside.
• Roughly chop zucchini pulp.
• Saute onions, pepper, and garlic in the olive oil until the onions are tender and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Add zucchini pulp and pecans and continue to saute about 3 minutes.
• Add tomato, rice, thyme, salt and pepper, and stir gently to combine all the ingredients.
• Stuff reserved zucchini halves with rice mixture and top with the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
• Place zucchinis in a small, shallow casserole dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Remove foil, and return to oven for about 10 minutes, or until tops are lightly browned and bubbly.