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Mushroom Stuffed Courgettes with Balsamic Tomatoes and Spinach
Mushroom Stuffed Courgettes with Balsamic Tomatoes and Spinach

Mushroom Stuffed Courgettes with Balsamic Tomatoes and Spinach

Recipe Development Team
Recipe Development TeamPublished on June 02, 2016

Stuffing one food into another food is somewhat of an obsession for us humans. Wherever you find yourself in the world, there’s always SOMETHING stuffed on the menu. But we wonder where this obsession came from? We like to think that there was a boy called Bob and his mum said, “No Bob, you can’t have any mushrooms–it’s courgette night” and Bob defiantly hid the mushrooms inside the courgette.

Tags:
Healthy
Veggie
Allergens:
Milk
Cereals containing gluten
Egg
Sulphites
Sesame
Soya

The quantities provided above are averages only.

Boxes and ingredients are packed in facilities that handles Peanut, Nuts, Sesame, Fish, Crustaceans, Milk, Egg, Mustard, Celery, Soya, Gluten and Sulphites. Due to the war in Ukraine, it has been necessary to substitute sunflower oil with rapeseed oil in some products without a label change. The FSA have advised that allergic reactions to rapeseed oil are rare.

Total40 minutes
Active
DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

serving amount

2

Courgette

(May contain traces of: Celery)

1

Echalion Shallot

1

Garlic Clove

1

Button Mushrooms

1

Cherry Tomatoes

1

Creme Fraiche

(Contains: Milk)

Panko Breadcrumbs

(Contains: Cereals containing gluten)

2

Grated Hard Italian Style Cheese

(Contains: Milk, Egg)

1

Balsamic Vinegar

(Contains: Sulphites)

1

Baby Spinach

1

Munchy Seeds: Sesame Sprinkle

(Contains: Sesame, Soya)

Nutritional information

/ per serving
Energy (kcal)389 kcal
Energy (kJ)1628 kJ
Fat28 g
of which saturates15 g
Carbohydrate17 g
of which sugars9 g
Protein16 g
Always refer to the product label for the most accurate ingredient and allergen information.

Utensils

Baking Tray
Knife
Spoon
Grill Pan
Mixing Bowl
Plate

Cooking Instructions and Tips

Scrape out the middle of the courgettes
1

Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees. Cut the courgette in half lengthways and scrape out the soft seedy middle with a spoon. Put the courgette ‘boats’ on a baking tray with a drizzle of olive oil and pop in your oven to cook for 15 mins, then remove and keep to the side. Turn your oven up to 200 degrees.

Chop the mushrooms
2

Meanwhile, peel and finely chop the echalion shallot and garlic and chop the mushrooms into roughly 1cm pieces. Chop the cherry tomatoes in half.

Cook the mushrooms
3

Add a splash of olive oil to a frying pan on medium heat and add your echalion shallot , cook for 3 mins before adding your garlic and cooking for a further minute. Add your mushrooms to the pan with a pinch of salt and a good grind of black pepper and cook for 5-7 mins, or until all the liquid has been absorbed back into the mushrooms.

4

Take the pan off the heat, add the crème fraîche to the pan and stir through. Spoon your mushroom mixture equally into each courgette boat.

Stuff the courgettes
5

Mix the panko breadcrumbs and grated hard Italian cheese together and sprinkle the mixture on top of your stuffed courgettes. Grind over some black pepper and put in your oven to cook for 15-20 mins or until the crusts are lovely and brown.

6

In the meantime, add your tomatoes to a separate baking tray, drizzle over half the balsamic vinegar, a splash of olive oil, a pinch of salt and a good grind of black pepper and put in your oven to cook for 8-10 mins.

7

While your courgettes and tomatoes are cooking, mix the rest of the balsamic vinegar with another splash of olive oil. Add this to the baby spinach and toss it together.

8

When your courgettes and tomatoes are cooked, get them out of your oven. Add your tomatoes along with any excess oil and balsamic vinegar from the baking tray to your spinach, along with the pumpkin seeds and toss together again. Serve your courgettes with your salad on the side and enjoy!

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