Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Zucchini Bruschetta (or as my kiddos call them Zucchini "Boats")

I made these today for lunch and they were DELISH!  The only way to make them better is to make them on a grill outside!  (I'll post a picture tomorrow.)

Ingredients:

  • Zucchini
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Grana Padano cheese
  • 1 clove garlic, pressed
  • Diced fresh herbs that you desire
  • S&P
  • EVOO


  1. Preheat the broiler on your oven.
  2. Wash and cut the ends off of your zucchini
  3. Slice the zucchini long-ways right down the middle.
  4. Using a spoon, scoop the "seedy" part out of the center of the zucchini  (You don't need to do too much - just enough to make "wells" in the center)
  5. Drizzle some EVOO over the flesh side of the zucchini (into the wells) and sprinkle with S&P to taste
  6. Place zucchini skin side down on a cookie sheet (if you're grilling place them flesh side down on the grill)
  7. Grill/Broil until zucchini is just tender
  8. Meanwhile dice or halve cherry tomatoes & toss gently with 1 clove pressed garlic, more S&P to taste and any other fresh herb you might want.
  9. Carefully fill the wells of the zucchini with your tomato-garlic mixture and place back in oven/on grill skin side down until tomatoes are starting to crinkle
  10. Carefully sprinkle freshly grated grana padano on top of the tomatoes & place under broiler one last time.
  11. Allow cheese to bubble and turn golden
  12. Let zucchini cool slightly and serve while still warm!

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