Zucchini Flower with Ground Meat Rice Filling
A zucchini flower stuffed with a fresh ground meat and rice mixture, perfect for a light yet satisfying dish from the flower vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 200 g rice
- Salt
- 16 zucchini flowers
- 200 g ground meat
- 1 Zucchini
- 1 Shallot
- 1 Garlic clove
- olive oil
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
- pepper (ground)
Instructions
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1.
Wash the rice and cook it almost tender in salted water. Drain and let cool.
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2.
Preheat the oven to 180°C fan.
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3.
Gently wash the flowers and pat dry. Carefully open the cups and remove the stamens with tweezers. Place the ground meat in a bowl. Wash, peel, and finely chop the zucchini. Peel and dice the shallot and garlic. Sauté them in 1 tbsp oil until translucent, then mix with the rice and parsley into the meat. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon the filling into the flowers and twist the ends slightly.
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4.
Arrange the filled flowers side by side in a greased baking dish and drizzle with olive oil. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
