Barchette di Zucchine Ripiene di Gamberi

Zucchini Boats Stuffed with Shrimp

Preparation info
  • For

    4 to 6

    Persons
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Marcella's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan

Published 1986

  • About

Zucchini is the most talented vegetable. It can do nearly everything any other vegetable can do, often better, and besides it can turn into the most delectable container for a variety of stuffings: meat, rice, even other vegetables. I have found, through experimentation, that it has an elegant affinity for shellfish, compensating with its spry flavor for the slightly cloying touch of sweetness that characterizes the flesh of shrimp and lobster.

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