Suppose you are having your friends over for a pool game, what would be the suitable refreshment? If you thought of beer and snacks, subtract one point of your score.

Eight ball zucchini is, at least as far as I know, the only vegetable named after a pool game. The eight ball zucchini is a relatively new variant of the summer squash. Due to its rounded shape and delicate flavor it can be staffed with lots of stuff from rice and beef to Parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs.

Stuffed Eight Ball - Basic Recipe

Eight Ball Parmesan and Breadcrumbs

Stuffed Zucchini with Rice and Ground Beef

Stuffed Eight Ball - Basic Recipe

Cut the eight ball in half longwise and scoop out the pulp so only about a quarter inch thick shell will remain. (don’t throw the pulp, you could use in the stuffing).

Boil the eight ball shells until partially cooked and put them aside to drain.   

Eight-Ball Zucchini Stuffed with Parmesan and Breadcrumbs

Ingredients: (4 servings)

4 eight-ball zucchini

1 garlic clove

1 small onion

1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs or 1/2 slice of yesterday’s bread, torn into small pieces

1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese

1 spoon of cooking oil

Salt and pepper

Optional:

Basil leaves, parsley sprigs

• Peel and chop the onion, garlic coves and the eight ball pulp
• Heat cooking oil in a medium frying pan and stir fry the onion, garlic and zucchini pulp for about 5 minutes
• Remove from the heat and mix the breadcrumbs in
• Fill each cut zucchini with the pulp mixture
• Cover each half eight ball with grated cheese
• Bake in the oven until the cheese melts

 

Stuffed Eight Ball with Rice and Ground Beef

Ingredients: (4 servings)

4 eight ball zucchinis   

1/2 onion

1/2 red pepper

1 lb. ground beef  

1 cup cooked rice

1/4 cup tomato sauce

2 teaspoon cooking oil

1 teaspoon garlic powder

Salt and pepper 

• Chop the onion and the pepper
• Heat oil in a heavy frying pan and saute the vegetables for about 5 minutes or until they are partially cooked
• Remove the vegetables from the pan and start cooking the ground beef until it’ll be browned
• Add garlic, salt and pepper to the cooking beef
• Mix the vegetables, the beef and the rice
• Fill the zucchinis with the mixture and put them in the oven for about 20 minutes

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