The homeland of zucchini is considered to be northern Mexico, where only its seeds were eaten. This vegetable reached our country much later – in the 16th century. However, he was able to become a familiar product for most residents of the state. Today there is a huge number of recipes where zucchini is used.
We will tell you about a recipe in which zucchini and meat are well combined.
Ingredients for zucchini with meat:
- zucchini – 900 g;
- meat – 350 g;
- onions – 2 pcs;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs;
- cheese – 100 g;
- sour cream – 110 g;
- salt for meat stuffing – 1 tsp;
- salt for zucchini – 2 pinches;
- salt for the cream filling – 2 pinches;
- dried garlic – 1 tsp;
- C0 egg – 3 pcs;
- ground black pepper – 1/3 tsp;
- tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
Cooking zucchini with meat:
Prepare the meat: wash it, cut it into small pieces and put it through a meat grinder.
Onions
are cut into small cubes
. On a heated frying pan with vegetable oil put the onion and fry it for a few minutes until transparent. To the onions add minced meat, a teaspoon of salt and ground black pepper. Cover the meat mass with a lid and stew on low heat for 5 minutes. Add tomato paste
. Wash, clean and grate zucchini on a coarse grater. Then they need to be squeezed with hands from the juice and salt.
Grease the casserole mold with vegetable oil. Lay out half of the prepared zucchini and level the resulting layer. The next layer is the meat filling.
Level it on the surface. Cover with the rest of the zucchini mass.
Prepare egg and sour cream filling. To do this, mix eggs with dried garlic. Pour sour cream into the egg mixture and add a couple pinches of salt. Mix the ingredients thoroughly. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and again send it into the filling.
Cut the tomatoes into thin half-rings and put them on the zucchini layer. Once again thoroughly mix the filling and pour it on top.
Send the dish to the preheated oven. Bake until ready – 35-40 minutes.
This recipe is quite simple, and it will take a little time to prepare. The huge advantage of zucchini dish is the use of available products.
