STUFFED COURGETTES

This recipe is very easy to make and the result is fabulous! It is a light dish that you can even have from day to day as flavours remain perfect!

INGREDIENTS (for two persons)

- Two big courgettes
- One onion
- Grated cheese
- 300 gr. ham (or you can use tinned tuna instead)
- Fried tomato sauce
- Salt, olive oil

STEPS

Wash the courgettes, as they are going to be cooked with the skin

Cut both ends and divide them into two parts

Then, divide each part into two halves

Scratch the skin with a fork. By doing this you avoid that the skin tastes bitter.

Now we are going to cook the courgettes in the microwave. Put all the portions of courgette inside a microwaveable container (in my case it is a salad bowl) add water until you cover some cm of the courgette's tips

Cover with transparent kitchen plastic

Set full power (100%)

4 minutes. Courgetttes will be cooked using 4 minutes full power rounds. Check the courgettes after each round. They must be cooked "to the tooth" (al dente). In my case it takes two rounds to get to this point

At the same time courgettes are being cooked in the microwave, chop the onion fine

And the ham into small cubes

Be careful when you take the courgettes out of the microwave as they are extremely hot! You have to empty them with a tea spoon or one of those special spoons that you use to empty melon

Chop the flesh you have removed from the courgette fine

And place the empty courgettes (courgette shells) in a baking tray

We are goig to prepare the stuffing mix. Heat some oil in a pan

First of all, fry the onion until it turns brown

Add the courgette and fry for some more minutes

 Now it is the ham's turn. 

Cook during some more minutes mixing everything well. Add a pinch of salt.

Finally, pour the tomato sauce

Mix everything and cook for some minutes

Once the filling is ready, spoon in it over the courgettes' shells

And top some grated cheese over the courgettes

Place the filled courgettes under a hot grill (cook "au gratin")

Until the cheese begins to brown

Ready! They are yummy!!!