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Round Zucchini Stuffed with Lentils and Vegetables

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We make round zucchini stuffed with lentils and vegetables, using carrot, onion, and the zucchini's own flesh. We use jarred cooked lentils to make the filling quick and easy, then finish everything in the oven.

Prep: 15 minCook: 25 minServes: 4

Ingredients

  • Round zucchini
  • Carrot
  • Onion
  • Cooked jarred lentils
  • Water or vegetable broth
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Pink salt

Step by step

  1. 1Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
  2. 2Slice the tops off the round zucchini and bake them in the oven for 10 min.
  3. 3Let them cool so you can handle them safely, and carefully scoop out the flesh with a spoon.
  4. 4Chop the scooped-out zucchini flesh and add it to a skillet with the carrot, onion, a pinch of salt, and a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
  5. 5Once the vegetables are nice and soft, add the lentils, which you have previously rinsed and drained.
  6. 6Sauté briefly and add a small glass of water or vegetable broth.
  7. 7Cook until the liquid has evaporated.
  8. 8Stuff the zucchini and bake in the oven for 10-15 min.

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