Stuffed Zucchini Boats Recipe

Step 1

In a Dutch oven, heat the bacon until it starts releasing it’s fat. Add the sausages and cook for about 5 minutes until they start getting golden brown. Constantly breaking it up while it cooks so you have small uniform crumbles. When golden brown, add the onion and cook until golden brown. Add the mushrooms and season with salt to help extracting the water from the mushrooms. Add the bell peppers, fresh herbs, Garlic and when fragrant chopped tomatoes and tomato puree. Adjust salt and pepper and let simmer slowly at very low heat for 45 minutes to an hour.

Step 2

While the sauce is cooking prepare the zucchini like the Chef did in the video.

Step 3

Cut the Zucchini in half, lengthways, using a melon ball cutter remove the pulp in the middle. Brush them with olive oil and bake them for about 15/20 minutes.

Step 4

Let the zucchini cool and stuff them like the Chef did in the video. Top them with a mornay sauce and grated cheddar and gruyere, and bake them until the cheese is golden brown.