Zucchini Stuffed With Meat and Rice - Fotos

Zucchini Stuffed With Meat and Rice

Ingredients:4-6 medium zucchini (Italian)3 cups (tea) of lean beef
 1 ½ cups of uncooked rice washer drain, let dry in colander.
For every 2 cups of ground beef half is rice(1 cup (tea).Seasonings:1 large onion, grated1 spoon (soup) salt1 tablespoon (coffee) Nonna seasoning (optional)1 cup (tea) with the stem of parsley, finely chopped, or to taste1 or 2 tbsp (tablespoons) chopped fresh mint1 pepper seeded finger girl without the ribbed whitechopped as fine as possible, or pepper sauce to tasteIf you put the spice of nonna not put another pepperSauce:1 cup (tea) of grated onion1 cup of dried apricot, whole or 1 tablespoon of honey2 stalks celery, thinly sliced1 leek cut into thin rodelinhas1 liter of homemade tomato sauce, or 1 can of sauce readyusing thin sauce with two cans of water.1 tablespoon of salt.

How to Prepare the Zucchini:Wash the zucchini. If you are injured or imperfections, scrape with a knife. Wash again.Cut the zucchini into two pieces, removing the stem and cut the bottom so that it is standing.Dig with a small spoon to remove the core. Book.How to Prepare the meat:
In a large bowl place the ground beef rice washed and well dried, add the onion, pepper, salt, parsley and chopped mint, seasoning the nonna.
"(Nonna replaces the spice of the pepper)"
Mix all ingredients.
Leave in the refrigerator covered with plastic wrap for an hour.
Summer squashes are crude.Stuff the zucchini so that is not too tight.
Do not forget that the rice grows after it is cooked.
If you put too much filling it bursts.
How to Prepare the sauce:
Fry the celery.Halfway through cooking add the leek and onion.Leave on heat until the onion is wilted.Add the tomato sauce with a little water, and salt. Leave the fire until a sauce and baked. Allow to cool.
Put the sauce in a medium saucepan go distributing the stuffed zucchini so that it is one side by side, standing, covered with sauce.Add the sauce apricots or honey.Leave the fire until the courgettes are cooked, ie, until the rice is cooked.You can serve with Eggplant Pasta that is in blogs.
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