Stuffed Courgettes

This is a Syrian / Lebanese dish.



Cored courgettes stuffed with rice and mince meet.

Use the pulp to cook a side dish.



Ingredients:
- 8 courgettes
- half a cup of rice
- 250g of mince meat (beef or lamb)
- salt and pepper
- teaspoon of dried mint
- 2 tins of tomatoes



Cooking Method:
- Wash the courgettes, slice off the top and bottom of each one. Carefully hollow out pulp using a corer (reserve pulp to use in another dish)
- Thoroughly mix the mince meat, rice, salt, pepper and dried mint with 3 tablespoons of water.
- Stuff each courgette with the mixture, leaving 2 cm at the top. It's best to do so with your hands, shaking the courgettes and lightly pressing the mixture down.
- Place filled courgettes in a saucepan and cover completely with water. Add salt. Bring to the boil.
- Add 2 tins of tomatoes and bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat to low and cook for 1 hour.