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🍽️ Large onion with vegetable and wheat filling
285 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 4 large vegetable onions
- 1 small zucchini
- 2 spring onions
- 1 small eggplant
- 3 tbsp oil
- 2 sprigs tarragon
- 2 tbsp wheat grains
- 750 g tomatoes
- 1 shallot
- 1 garlic clove
- 0.5 bunch basil (approx 20 g)
- salt
- pepper
- 2 slices Gouda (30 g)
- 2 tbsp basil (for garnishing)
Instructions
- 1. Peel the onions.
- 2. Place them in salted water and cook for 10 to 15 minutes until tender.
- 3. Remove the onions and let them drain.
- 4. Cut off the top lid of the onion.
- 5. Carefully hollow out the onion with a teaspoon.
- 6. Finely chop 2 tablespoons of the hollowed-out onion flesh.
- 7. Wash the zucchini and cut off the ends.
- 8. Cut the zucchini into small cubes.
- 9. Clean the spring onions and cut the green parts diagonally into pieces.
- 10. Wash the eggplant and slice it into thick rounds.
- 11. Salt the eggplant slices and let them sit for 30 minutes to draw out moisture.
- 12. Rinse the eggplant thoroughly and pat it dry.
- 13. Cut the eggplant into small cubes as well.
- 14. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan.
- 15. Sauté the prepared vegetables (onion flesh, zucchini, spring onions, eggplant) briefly.
- 16. Pluck the tarragon leaves from the stems and chop them.
- 17. Add the tarragon to the vegetables.
- 18. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
- 19. Cook the wheat in 100 milliliters of salted water for about 20 minutes.
- 20. Drain the wheat and let it drain.
- 21. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 22. Blanch the tomatoes with hot water and shock them in cold water.
- 23. Peel the tomatoes and halve them.
- 24. Core the tomatoes and chop the flesh coarsely.
- 25. Peel the onion and garlic and chop them finely.
- 26. Sweat the onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon of hot olive oil until translucent.
- 27. Add the chopped tomatoes and let the sauce simmer for 10 minutes.
- 28. Wash the basil and dry it.
- 29. Chop the basil leaves, keeping some aside for garnish.
- 30. Stir the chopped basil, salt, and pepper into the tomato sauce.
- 31. Fill the hollowed-out onions with the sautéed vegetables.
- 32. Sprinkle the cooked wheat over the filling.
- 33. Fill a baking dish with the tomato sauce.
- 34. Place the filled onions in the dish.
- 35. Top each onion with half a slice of Gouda cheese.
- 36. Bake the onions in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes until golden brown.
- 37. Spread some tomato sauce on four pre-warmed plates.
- 38. Place the gratinated onions on the plates.
- 39. Garnish the dishes with the reserved basil leaves and serve.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 285
- Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 25 g