The baked zucchini meatballs I’m a recipe easy, healthy and light. We present them squashed and not round. Paired with a fresh salad are a second dish rich in taste, but you can also prepare them as finger food appetizer for a lunch or dinner.
Ingrediants
- 3 courgettes
- 3 tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons of stale breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 bunch of aromatic herbs (basil, parsley and chives)
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Raise your hand if you don’t like meatballs! These baked zucchini meatballs I am easy And fast to realize: a healthy and light and at the same time tasty idea. It is about mashed meatballs prepared with a simple mixture of courgettes, parmesan, stale bread crumbs and aromatic herbs to taste.
On our site you will find meatball recipes for all tastes, but if you want other proposals with zucchini then try the zucchini and mozzarella balls or the bread and zucchini balls. If you are looking for vegetarian meatballs in the oven, then we suggest the baked vegetable meatballs with carrots, potatoes and zucchini or the baked eggplant meatballs.
The Vegetable meatballs, without meat or fish, they are a great way to use seasonal vegetables or legumes, even in the empty fridge version: you can prepare them both for a family lunch and for a dinner with friends. As starter or how second dish will be a hit!
OTHER TASTY RECIPES: Potato meatballs, Chickpea and pecorino meatballs, Eggplant meatballs
How to prepare: Baked zucchini meatballs
- Execution
- easy
- Preparation time
- 20 min
- Cooking time
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25 min
- Portions
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4
How to prepare: Baked zucchini meatballs
To prepare the baked zucchini meatballs, first wash the zucchini well and remove the ends. Grate them with a grater with large holes, then squeeze them well with your hands to remove the vegetation water and combine them in a bowl. Add the egg, the stale breadcrumbs and the chopped aromatic herbs with a knife. Season with salt and pepper and add the Parmesan.
Mix well with your hands until you get a homogeneous, well blended mixture. With this mixture then form some not too large meatballs, flatten them slightly between the palms of your hands as if to form mini burgers and arrange them on a baking sheet lined with lightly oiled parchment paper.
Cook the zucchini balls in the oven heated to 180 ° C for about 25 minutes, turning them halfway through cooking to obtain an even browning. The baked zucchini meatballs are ready to be served.
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