Zucchini Hamburger Pie Recipes

ZUCCHINI HAMBURGER PIE

Steps:

• Brown hamburger with onion and dry seasoning.
• Line a large, deep pie pan with pastry crust.
• Slice2 zucchini and alternate with layers of meat mixture into the pie crust.
• Top with tomato slices.
• If the tomatoes are not juicy and ripe, add a bit of tomato juice.
• You may use an 8 ounce can of whole tomatoes sliced.
• Top with pastry, cut a small hole and dust with pepper.
• Bake in a 350'F.
• If you are going to make this recipe crustless, you can make in a square baking pan.
• This recipe freezes superbly.

HAMBURGER ZUCCHINI PIE

Steps:

• 1. Brown hamburger and add onion and pepper. Cook until tender.
• 2. Add garlic salt, thyme, oregano, bread crumbs and cheese.
• 3. Place pie crust in pie plate and layer sliced zucchini, meat mixture, tomatoes and repeat another layer.
• 4. Place top crust over the top and brush top of crust lightly with milk and sprinkle with coarse black pepper.
• 5. Bake at 350 for 30-45 min or until crust is browned.

SHEPHERD'S PIE WITH ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Heat oil in large fry pan over medium heat. Saute onion, red pepper, and garlic 3 minutes. Add zucchini and beef, breaking up beef with spoon. Cook stirring often, until meat loses red color (4 minutes). Stir in half the cheddar cheese, 1 t. salt, basil, and pepper. Reserve.
• Preheat oven to 450. Lightly grease 9 x 13 casserole. Bring water, milk, and 1 t. salt to boil. Stir in potato flakes; then beat in egg and rest of cheese. Remove from heat.
• Spread half of potato mixture in bottom of casserole. Spoon meat mixture over potatoes; spoon rest of potatoes on top. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 450 for 15 minutes. Broil for 3-5 to brown top; then let sit 5 minutes before cutting. (If made ahead, heat for 30 minutes at 350 or until center is warm. Then heat at 450 for 15 minutes to brown the top.).

HAMBURGER ZUCCHINI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large dutch oven or roasting pan sauté hamburger, onion, celery until meat is no longer pink and onion is translucent.
• Add Worcestershire, ketchup, salt, pepper, beef bouillon powder and rice stirring constantly to lightly toast the rice and spices, about two minutes.
• Stir in the garlic for one minute until fragrant then add tomatoes, zucchini, chicken stock, two cups of cheese and spinach if you're using stir well.
• Cover and put in oven for 45 minutes.
• Take out and sprinkle last cup of cheese evenly over top and put back in oven uncovered until cheese is bubbly (about 15 minutes).