Punjena Tikvica

Name: Punjena Tikvica
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Serbian
Ingredients: 6 zucchini, halved and hollowed; 400g ground pork and beef; 1/2 cup rice; 2 cups tomato sauce

Пуњена Тиквица/POON-yeh-nah TEEK-vee-tsah/

Also known as: Stuffed Zucchini

About this dish

Zucchini halves hollowed and stuffed with minced meat and rice, baked in a light sauce.

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Ingredients

🥒6 zucchini, halved and hollowed

🥩400g ground pork and beef

🍚1/2 cup rice

🍅2 cups tomato sauce

Method

Serves 2

Hollow out the zucchini halves, reserving the flesh.

Mix ground meat with rice, onion, and chopped zucchini flesh.

Fill the zucchini halves with the meat mixture.

Arrange in a baking dish with tomato sauce.

Bake at 180°C (350°F) until the zucchini and rice are tender.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Punjena tikvica is a traditional Serbian summer dish, using the season's fresh zucchini as a vessel for a meat and rice filling.

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