Stuffed Baby Marrow

4 People
55 min.
easy

This stuffed baby marrow recipe is a great meat free meal. The flesh is scooped out and cooked in vegetable stock with tomatoes and peppers before being stuffed back into the baby marrows, along with Mozzarella and basil and baked to perfection.

Ingredients

4 baby courgettes (baby marrows)
30 ml margarine
1 onion, finely chopped
1 yellow pepper, finely chopped (seeded)
1 red pepper, finely chopped (seeded)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1450 g tin tomatoes, chopped
1 Knorr vegetable stock pot
15 ml caster sugar
1 small bunch basil, chopped
50 g mozzarella small, drained and diced

Cooking Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Cut the baby marrow in half lengthways. Scoop out the middle of the baby marrow, roughly chop the scooped out flesh keep aside for later. Lay baby marrow halves on a baking tray.
Heat the margarine in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion, peppers and reserved baby marrow flesh, cook for 5 minutes, until vegetables have softened. Add the garlic and cook for another 3 minutes, until starting to brown.
Add the Knorr Vegetable Stock Pot, chopped tomatoes and sugar. Simmer over medium heat for 10-15 minutes, until thickened. Leave to cool.
Add chopped basil and Mozzarella to the tomato sauce and spoon into hollowed out baby marrow halves.
Bake for 10-15 minutes, until baby marrow has softened and cheese is bubbling.