Zucchini roll ups

Delicious meat sauce and ricotta cheese wraped up in freshly shave zucchini slices, topped with melty mozzarella cheese and fresh basil.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: sruffed zucchini with ricotta, stuffed zucchini, zucchini lasagna, zucchini roll ups, zucchini rolls

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: people

Calories: 628kcal

Cost: $25

Equipment

mandoline

Ingredients

4 large zucchini sliced very thin
1 pound ground beef extra lean
24 oz prego tomato sauce roasted garlic
1 cup ricotta
1/4 cup parmesan shredded
1/4 cup mozzarella shredded
1/4 cup fresh basil julienned
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper fresh ground
2 tbsp olive oil divided
Pam cooking spray
2 tbsp fresh basil, julienned for garnish

Instructions

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees Using a mandoline, carefully slice the zucchini super thin and set aside.
Line a large baking sheet with foil, you may need a second baking sheet. Lightly spray foil with pam cooking spray. Place the zucchini slices onto the bakng sheet. Using one tbsp of oil, brush the oil all pver the zucchini. Bake for 10 minutes just to soften the zucchini up. Remove from heat and set aside. Leave the oven on at 350 degrees.
While zucchini is baking, lets start the meat sauce. In a non stick skillet, add in remaining tbsp of olive oil over medium high heat. Add in the ground beef, garlic powder, onion powder, italian seasoning, orgenao, salt and pepper amd mix well. Cook meat for 10 minutes strring often, or until meat is browned. Add in tomato sauce and mix well. Cover and turn to medium heat. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add in the fresh basil, stir. Remove from heat.
Layer bottom of a 7x11 baking dish with 1/4 of the meat sauce. Spoon 1 tsp of meat and 1 tsp of ricotta onto each zucchini slice. Roll zucchini tight and place up right into a 7×11 baking dish. Repeat process until meat sauce is gone. If you run out of zucchini before meat sauce, spoon the remaining meat sauce over the top of each zucchini roll.
Add shredded parmesan and mozzarella cheese evenly over the top of the zucchini rolls. Bake for 20 mins. If after 20 minutes the cheese has not browned, broil for 5 minutes on low until chees3 is bubbly and browned. Remove from heat and serve!

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