Cheese Filled Zucchini

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 6 small zucchini
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded and separated
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1 dash nutmeg
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 quart spaghetti sauce

Recipe

• 1 cut zucchini in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds as well as a little flesh. (make it like a canoe.).
• 2 parboil in a large pan of salted water until tender-crisp. (parboil means to boil for a very short period of time.).
• 3 in the meantime mix together the ricotta, mozzarella, 1/4 c parmesan, egg, parsley, nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
• 4 fill the zucchini with the cheese mixture.
• 5 cover the bottom of a large casserole baking dish with a thin layer of spaghetti sauce. arrange stuffed zucchini on top and pour remaining sauce over top. cover with foil.
• 6 bake at 350 for 30 minute
• 7 remove foil and sprinkle with 1/4 c parmesan cheese.
• 8 return to oven and bake for 15 more minutes.