Baked courgettes stuffed with spiced lamb & tomato sauce

Name: Baked courgettes stuffed with spiced lamb & tomato sauce
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 larges courgettes, halved lengthways; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 small handful coriander leaves; 500 grams lean minced lamb; 2 teaspoons each ground cumin, coriander, and cinnamon; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 teaspoon each ground cayenne pepper, cinnamon, coriander and cumin; 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes; 2 teaspoons sugar

Baked courgettes stuffed with spiced lamb & tomato sauce is a gluten free and dairy free recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 26g of protein, 38g of fat, and a total of 500 calories. It works well as a side dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have sugar, ground cayenne pepper, g cans tomatoes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas

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Oven

Make the tomato sauce in a medium pan by heating the oil and frying the garlic for 2-3 mins until soft, then adding the spices and frying for 1 min more.

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Tomato Sauce

Garlic

Spices

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Pour in the tomatoes and sugar and simmer with half a tin of water for 20 mins, until thickened. Season.

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Tomato

Sugar

Water

Meanwhile, scoop out and discard some of the flesh of the courgettes and lay them in 1 large or 2 small roasting trays, drizzle with the oil and bake for 15 mins until golden and softened slightly.

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Zucchini

Cooking Oil

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Oven

For the stuffing, mix the lamb with the spices and some salt. Try not to squash it together too much, instead lightly mix it with your hands until just combined. When the courgettes are ready, pile the lamb into the cavities and drizzle on the sauce.

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Zucchini

Stuffing