Preparing zucchini with tuna In Italian cuisine, there are many options for cooking stuffed zucchini. In Ligurian - stuffed with tuna-based cream - one of the easiest and most delicate interpretations of this unique dish. This dish comes from the "poor" peasant cuisine, but it is not at all poor in its unrivaled taste. Zucchini stuffed with cream, which is based on tuna, Parmesan cheese and pine nuts. Although minced meat can also be made from meat or ricotta. But that is another story. Bon Appetit!
Ingredients:- Zucchini 3 pcs.
- Tuna canned 100 g
- Parmesan cheese 20 g
- Breadcrumbs 50g
- Eggs chicken 1 pc.
- Olive oil 20 ml
- Salt 3 g
- Black pepper powder 1 g
- Oregano dry 1 g
- Cedar nuts 20 g
- Onions 1 pc.
- Garlic 2 cloves
- Fresh dill 3 g
- Basil fresh green 3 g
- Step 1 To prepare the dish, you will need zucchini, canned tuna, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, egg, olive oil, salt, pepper, onion, garlic and oregano.
- Step 2 Wash the zucchini and cut them along in half.
- Step 3 With a teaspoon, separate the inner flesh and set it aside. You will need it for cooking stuffing.
- Step 4 Boil the water in a saucepan and boil the zucchini for 5 minutes, this will keep their green bright color and make it softer. Then cool a little.
- Step 5 In the meantime, fry the finely chopped onions.
- Step 6 Prepare the forcemeat: mix the tuna, zucchini pulp, grated Parmesan, breadcrumbs, pine nuts, salt, pepper, fried onions and chopped garlic. Add the egg, oregano and grind the minced meat well with a blender. Should get a gentle cream. Add greens and chop again.
- Step 7 Lubricate the baking container with olive oil and put the zucchini.
- Step 8 Fill the zucchini with prepared ground meat and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- Step 9 Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 ° C until golden brown.