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🍽️ Stuffed Zucchini with Couscous
506 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 800 g chunky tomatoes (can)
- 3 beef tomatoes
- 4 zucchini
- 2 sprigs marjoram
- salt
- pepper
- 300 ml vegetable broth
- 250 g whole grain couscous
- cayenne pepper
- 80 g Emmental cheese
Instructions
- 1. Peel the onions and garlic and chop them finely.
- 2. Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a pan.
- 3. Sauté the onions and garlic over medium heat for two to three minutes until translucent.
- 4. Add the chopped tomatoes.
- 5. Let the sauce simmer uncovered on low heat for about 15 minutes.
- 6. Meanwhile, make a cross cut on the bottom of the beefsteak tomatoes.
- 7. Pour hot water over the tomatoes and rinse them immediately with cold water.
- 8. Remove the skin from the tomatoes.
- 9. Quarter the tomatoes and remove the core.
- 10. Cut the tomatoes into wedges.
- 11. Wash the zucchini and cut it in half lengthwise.
- 12. Lightly hollow out the zucchini halves.
- 13. Dice the removed zucchini flesh.
- 14. Wash the marjoram and shake it dry.
- 15. Finely chop the marjoram.
- 16. Stir the marjoram into the tomato sauce.
- 17. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
- 18. Remove half of the sauce and set it aside.
- 19. Pour vegetable broth into the remaining half of the sauce.
- 20. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- 21. Add couscous, diced zucchini, and tomato wedges.
- 22. Season with salt and cayenne pepper.
- 23. Remove the pan from the heat.
- 24. Brush a baking tray with the remaining oil.
- 25. Place the zucchini halves on the tray.
- 26. Lightly salt and pepper the zucchini.
- 27. Fill the couscous mixture into the zucchini halves.
- 28. Grate cheese over the filling.
- 29. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees (convection 180 degrees or gas mark 3).
- 30. Bake the zucchini for about 15 minutes.
- 31. Warm the reserved tomato sauce shortly before the end of the cooking time.
- 32. Spread the sauce onto the plates.
- 33. Place two zucchini halves on the sauce.
- 34. Serve the dish.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 506
- Protein: 23 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 64 g