8 Ball Zucchini Recipe 45

STUFFED ROUND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Slice the tops off the round zucchini and scoop out the middle using a grapefruit spoon. Make sure to leave a small amount of the perimeter intact so that the squash retains its shape. Reserve the insides of the zucchini and set aside.
• Place the hollowed out zucchini in a baking dish along with the sliced tops and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and bake for 15-18 minutes until fork tender.
• Meanwhile, place the vegetable broth in a small sauce pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, add the quinoa, reduce heat to low, cover and cook until the liquid is fully absorbed. Fluff with a fork and transfer to a mixing bowl. Set aside.
• While the quinoa cooks and the zucchini is in the oven, add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil to a skillet over medium heat.
• Add the shallots and garlic to the pan and sauté until softened and fragrant, about 3 minutes.
• Next, add the reserved insides of the zucchini to the skillet and sauté until the moisture fully cooks out, about 7-8 minutes.
• Add the parsley to the skillet, season with salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• Transfer the zucchini, shallot, garlic mixture to the bowl with the cooked quinoa and stir together.
• Spoon the filling into the baked round zucchini, top with the zucchini caps and serve each stuffed zucchini as an individual portion.

8 BALL ZUCCHINI RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 2.Slice the tops off each zucchini. Set aside and reserve for later. Hollow out each zucchini, chop and reserve the pulp. Chop the tomato and onion and set aside. 3.Cut the bacon crosswise into 1/4" pieces. Add to skillet over medium-high heat and cook until bacon has browned and rendered most of its fat. Add the reserved zucchini pulp, tomato and onion and cook for 4-5 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add bread crumbs and 2/3 of the cheese reserving some for topping. Stir well to combine all ingredients. Taste for seasoning and add salt and pepper as desired. 4.Stuff each hollowed zucchini with mixture. Place in a shallow baking dish or pan and add chicken stock to a depth of about 1/4 inch. 5.Place the pan in the oven and cook for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and add remaining cheese to top of each zucchini. Place the reserved zucchini tops in the stock. Return to oven and cook for 20 more minutes or until the zucchini is tender.

EIGHT-BALL ZUCCHINI PARMESAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place bread in a food processor; pulse 10 times or until coarse crumbs measure 1 cup. Set aside.
• Cut each zucchini in half lengthwise; scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/4-inch-thick shell. Set pulp aside.
• Steam zucchini shells, covered, 6 minutes or until tender. Drain, cut sides down, on several layers of heavy-duty paper towels.
• Place zucchini pulp in food processor; process until finely chopped. Spoon into a bowl.
• Place spinach, basil, garlic, and onion in food processor; process until finely chopped.
• Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add spinach mixture; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add zucchini pulp, tomato, and salt; cook 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat; stir in breadcrumbs.
• Fill each zucchini half with about 2 1/2 tablespoons zucchini mixture.
• Sprinkle evenly with cheese.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese melts. Garnish with parsley, if desired.