Stuffed Vegetables

Entrées

Stuffed Vegetables

Provençal stuffed vegetables (petits farcis), my mother-in-law's recipe: tomatoes, zucchini and onions filled with seasoned pork and beef. Serves 5.

Ingredients

(For 5 people)

  • 4 tomatoes
  • 2 zucchinis
  • 3 peppers
  • 2 onions
  • 1 Lb ground pork
  • 1.115 Lb ground beef
  • 2 slices of bread
  • Milk
  • 2 eggs
  • A handful of fresh parsley + a few branches for decoration
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Olive oil
  • Grated parmesan

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  2. Wash and cut the vegetables.
  3. Boil water in a pot and cook the zucchinis for 2 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
  4. Remove the pulp and seeds from the tomatoes and the zucchinis, dig out the hearts of the onions to make room for the stuffing and blend together to make a purée.
  5. In a small bowl, soak the bread with a little bit of milk.
  6. Chop the parsley and garlic together.
  7. In a large bowl, mix together the pork and the beef, the vegetable purée, the garlic with parsley, add salt and pepper to taste. Mix with your hands until combined.
  8. Add the eggs and the soaked bread and continue mixing with your hands until everything comes together.
  9. Stuff the vegetables and place them in a large dish lightly greased with olive oil.
  10. Sprinkle with parmesan.
  11. Drizzle with olive oil.
  12. Bake for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  13. Garnish with parsley before serving.

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