Audrey's Italian Stuffed Zucchini. Scoop out zucchini halves and stuff them with Parmesan cheese, pasta sauce and bread crumbs. Bake with a sprinkling of mozzarella cheese. This tasty Stuffed Zucchini Dish, made with Italian Sausage & Cheese is the perfect way to use up your overload of zucchini.

Since relaunching Webicurean last year, my mother has been asking -- "have you posted the stuffed zucchini yet?" I've been meaning to, honest, but other recipes keep getting in the way. I'm not sure why, though, given these are one of my favorite family treats. But these Stuffed Italian Zucchini Boats actually dabble in both realms. You can have Audrey's Italian Stuffed Zucchini using 7 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Audrey's Italian Stuffed Zucchini

1. You need 1 of crazy large overgrown zucchini!.
2. It's 1 lb of raw bulk ground italian sausage.
3. You need 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
4. Prepare 1 clove of minced garlic.
5. You need 1 cup of italian style bread crumbs.
6. Prepare 24 oz of spagetti sauce of your choice.
7. It's 8 oz of shredded or sliced motzarella cheese.

Sprinkle the stuffed zucchini boats with cheese and bake! The zucchini maintains its structure and cooks without being mushy, while the filling is a soft. What should you do with all of that zucchini? The recipe is not your typically zucchini recipe, I have added a new twist your whole.

Audrey's Italian Stuffed Zucchini step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Wash zucchini, cut off ends, slice zucchini in half lengthwise and scoop out just the seeds only..
3. In a medium bowl combine raw sausage, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese and minced garlic..
4. Mix with hands very well. It will be a dough like consistency..
5. Place zucchini in or on any oven safe dish so the zucchini stays standing up and doesnt tip over........ Stuff the wells of the zucchini evenly..
6. Equally pour spaghetti sauce over each..
7. Place zucchini into the oven!.
8. Bake at 350 for about 60-75 minutes or until sausage is cooked through..
9. Remove from oven but keep oven set to 350..
10. Sprinkle motzarella cheese evenly between the two halves. Add more if you love cheese! :).
11. Place back into oven for 5-15 minutes or cheese is melted and to your liking..
12. Remove from oven and let cool for 5 min..
13. Slice it up and serve!.
14. Enjoy!.

This Italian dish is a BIG, baked stuffed zucchini, cut in half, and filled w/ Italian sausage, ground beef, tomato sauce, spices, Parmesan and mozzarella I've made stuffed zucchini several times over the years. The pairing of a large garden-grown zucchini stuffed with Italian sausage, garlic. Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats Recipe - Veggie Side Dishes. Stuffed Zucchini Boats is a great diet refresh recipe too. Works well with Keto diet and the Mediterranean diet, and it's so yummy and kid friendly that the whole family will love it too.