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Baked Stuffed Zucchini

Baked stuffed zucchini filled with onion, tomato sauce, parsley, garlic, and matzo meal, baked until soft.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Baked Stuffed Zucchini

Oven450°F
Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Scoop out pulp of zucchini halves.

  2. Heat pulp, onion, sauce and spices in a pan for 5 minutes.

  3. Add matzo meal to mixture and mix well.

Stuff and bake

  1. Restuff zucchini with mixture.

  2. Place in a baking dish with a little water on bottom.

  3. Bake at 450°F for 30 minutes until zucchini shells are soft.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

87Calories
3 gProtein
0 gFat
20 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Parsley + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Zucchini
Forms the edible shell that holds the filling and softens as it bakes.
Onion
Adds savory sweetness and aroma as it softens in the pan.
Tomato sauce
Provides moisture and acidity that flavor the filling.
Matzo meal
Absorbs liquid from the filling, helping it hold together and thicken.

The step that matters

Heating the filling before restuffing. The pulp, onion and sauce should be heated through so the filling is warm and moisture is partly absorbed by the matzo meal. Adding cold, wet filling to the shells can leave the mixture soggy and slow the bake.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, tomato, sauce, parsley, garlic):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, tomato, sauce, parsley, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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