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Marrow Stuffed with Cheese

Thu, Jun 19, 2008

Food, Recipes, vegetables

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Large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins Marrow squash also known as vegetable marrow. Green in color and oval shaped. It can grow to the size of a watermelon. It is related to the zucchini. They have a very bland flavor and can be stuffed with meat stuffing.
Ingredients:
1 marrow
olive oil
1 onion, sliced thinly
1 red pepper, sliced thinly
2 cloves garlic
small tin chopped tomatoes
100g feta cheese
3 tbsp cooked lentils de pue
(cooked spinach or chard - optional)
basil


Instructions:
* Cut the marrow in half length ways, sprinkle with olive oil and bake in a medium oven for about 20 minutes until browning and cooked through.
* Scoop out the seeds and season with salt and pepper. Whilst marrow is cooking - cook onion in a few tablespoons of olive oil for about 10 minutes.
* Add red pepper and garlic and continue cooking for 15 minutes. Add tinned tomatoes and reduce until tomatoes are thickened - for about 10 minutes.
* At this point stir in cooked lentils and optional cooked spinach or chard and season. Spoon pepper and onion mix into marrow.
* Sprinkle with feta cheese and shredded basil. Bake in a medium oven for about 20 minutes until golden brown.

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