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🍽️ Spicy Cheese Stuffed Zucchini Boats

212 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
  2. 2. Wash the zucchini thoroughly under running water.
  3. 3. Cut a small cap lengthwise from each zucchini.
  4. 4. Set aside the removed caps for later use.
  5. 5. Cut the reserved zucchini caps into fine sticks.
  6. 6. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
  7. 7. Submerge the hollowed zucchini halves in the boiling water for 5 minutes.
  8. 8. Remove the zucchini halves from the water to soften them (this process is called blanching).
  9. 9. Separate the hard rind from the rest of the cheese.
  10. 10. Cut the separated cheese rind into thin strips.
  11. 11. Grate the remaining cheese finely.
  12. 12. Mix the grated cheese with the zucchini sticks.
  13. 13. Season the cheese and zucchini mixture generously with pepper.
  14. 14. Let the water drain completely from the pre-cooked zucchini halves.
  15. 15. Place the zucchini halves in a baking dish with the cut side facing up.
  16. 16. Distribute the cheese and zucchini mixture evenly over the zucchini boats.
  17. 17. Place the cheese rind strips on top of the filling.
  18. 18. Put the baking dish into the preheated oven.
  19. 19. Bake the zucchini for 15 to 20 minutes.
  20. 20. Remove the zucchini from the oven when the cheese is golden brown and bubbling.

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