Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini

Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 medium to large round zucchini
• 100 g rice, cooked
• 150 g feta cheese, diced
• 40 g black olives, sliced
• 10-12 cherry tomatoes
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• salt / pepper, to taste
• olive oil

METHOD:

1. Wash and pat dry the zucchini. Cut off the tops (reserve them for later) ans using a spoon, scoop out the pulp.
2. Finely chop the pulp. I used the pulp of only 2 zucchini.
3. Fry onion and garlic in some olive oil until golden and fragrant.  Add in zucchini pulp, rice, tomatoes, olives and fennel seeds and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until softened on a low/medium heat.
4. Stir in feta and cook for extra 1 to 2 minutes until feta starts to melt.
5. Stuff the zucchini and place them on the bottom of a deep baking dish.  Pop the tops back on, if possible. Otherwise place them in the dish and pop them on just before serving. Drizzle with 1 tbsp of olive oil.
6. Bake for about 35 to 40 minutes at 180°C.