1/2 cup of ground beef/pork mixed
Zucchini
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 cloves of garlic minced
2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 cup green olives
1/4 cup roasted almonds
1/2 cup parmiggiano
3 tbsp minced mint
1 tsp oregano
fresh mozzarella balls
- Cook and stir the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until the meat is browned, breaking the beef up into crumbles as it cooks, about 10 minutes. Drain off excess fat, and transfer the beef into a mixing bowl. Slice the zucchini in half the long way, and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/2-inch thick shell all around the zucchini. Chop the scooped-out zucchini flesh, and add to mixing bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs, garlic, tomato sauce, almonds, olives, and Parmiggiano; mix the stuffing well. Lightly stuff both halves of the zucchini with the meat mixture. Place the zucchini halves into a baking dish, and cover tightly with foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, remove from oven, and remove the foil. Add some sliced mozzarella cheese over each zucchini half. Move an oven rack to within 6 inches of the oven broiler's heat source, turn on the broiler, and broil the zucchini until the mozzarella cheese is browned and bubbling, about 5 minutes