Description
A light meal that can be served alone or as a side dish. Great for an overgrown zucchini.
Ingredients
- 1 extra large zucchini
- ¼ cup olive oil, divided
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- ½ pound large shrimp – shelled, deveined, and cut in half
- 1 large tomato – peeled, seeded and diced
- 8 cremini mushrooms, quartered
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 8 leaves fresh basil, torn
- ground black pepper to taste
- kosher salt to taste
- garlic powder to taste
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven’s broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source. Grease a baking sheet.
- Cut zucchini in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds and pulp
- leaving a thick shell of flesh. Brush both halves of zucchini with 1 tablespoon olive oil and place them cut-side down onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake until zucchini is hot and beginning to release beads of moisture
- 5 to 10 minutes. Remove zucchini from the oven.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Cook and stir garlic and shallot until translucent
- about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Place remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil
- shrimp
- tomato
- mushrooms
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- basil
- and cooked garlic and shallot into a bowl
- and stir to mix. Season with salt
- pepper
- and garlic powder. Stuff the mixture into zucchini halves
- and sprinkle each zucchini with about 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese.
- Bake stuffed zucchini in the preheated oven until cheese is browned and filling is cooked through and hot
- about 20 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
Servings: 4