Stuffed zucchini The humble zucchini acts as vessel for a special stuffing of spiced rice, ground beef, parsley, tomatoes and fresh herbs. To adapt this stuffed zucchini recipe for vegetarians you can use chickpeas instead of minced meat. Main Print this recipe Details Serves: 8To prep: 20 minutesTo cook: 50-60 minutesDifficulty: Medium Nutrition per servingEnergy: 994.1kJ Protein: 14gTotal fat: 6.9gsaturated fat: 1.6gCarbohydrate: 26.7gSugar: 6.4gFibre: 5.1gSodium: 53.8mg Ingredients 10 zucchini听听 2 cups of water听听 200g of lean/premium ground mince听听 Pinch of salt and pepper听听 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil 听 1/2听cup chopped dill听听 1/2听cup chopped parsley听听 1/2听cup chopped coriander听听 3 large tomatoes, finely diced 听 1 large听onion, shredded听听 1 cup听medium grain听rice, rinse well听听 1 tablespoon salt reduced tomato paste 听 1听tablespoon of Seven Mediterranean听spice听(This is a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, fenugreek, allspice, pepper and clove听powder)听听 Method With a knife, remove the top of the zucchini, then hollow out听the cores听using a vegetable corer.*听Insert the corer 戮 of the way to ensure you do not poke the bottoms. Twist the corer and pull out the cores and place in a separate听bowl, this听can be used听later听to make other dishes.听Repeat this step a couple of times until you have hollowed out each zucchini to make room for the stuffing.听听 In a large bowl, combine the听raw听rice, ground beef, diced tomatoes, fresh parsley, dill, water,听salt,听olive oil and听Mediterranean听seven听spice.听听Use your hands to combine.听 Now using your hands, gently stuff the hollowed zucchini with the rice stuffing, only fill about 戮 of the zucchini as the rice will swell and it will not fully cook if you over stuff. 听 Arrange zucchini stuffed side up in in a deep cooking pan, tilt slightly to help with cooking process and for it to cook nicely.听听 Add 1-2 tablespoons of tomato paste and add water to cover the zucchini. 听 Place pan on stove and cook on medium-high heat until听liquid starts boiling.听听 Turn heat down, cover and simmer for 50-60 minutes until rice stuffing is fully cooked and zucchini is tender. 听 Transfer to a serving platter and enjoy!听听 *If you don’t have a vegetable corer, you can use a knife or a teaspoon to hollow out the zucchini. 听
