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Harvest Festival English Baked Stuffed Autumn Marrow Zucchini

Harvest home! A heart warming and traditional english recipe, which is a wonderful way to deal with those large marrows (zucchini) from the autumn garden! the marrow is stuffed with a savoury beef and onion mixture and is then baked in foil. This is an old family recipe, which always pleases and is regularly requested when these giant marrows are in season – it is hearty and full of flavour and is wonderful when served with a hot tomato sauce, steamed fresh seasonal vegetables and piles of fluffy mashed potatoes. The preparation is a little time-consuming, but the stuffed marrow is then baked slowly in the oven, leaving you free to follow other pursuits. I have posted a full set of step-by-step photos with this recipe, it shows how easy it is to prepare and cook, as well as showing how delicious it looks when served piping hot at your dinner table! The title of this recipe was taken from memories of all the harvest festivals we had every year, that were held at school or the local pa

Steps

Preheat the oven to 200c / 400f / gas 6.
Wash and cut the marrow in half , then peel strips of skin with a swivel head vegetable peeler , to create a striped pattern.
Scoop out all the seeds and discard them.
Prick the inside flesh thoroughly with a fork.
Put all the stuffing ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and mix together - i find that it is better to use your hands to bring it all together.
Spoon half the stuffing mixture into each half of marrow , pressing down quite firmly to make the mixture fill the hollows.
Carefully place one stuffed marrow half on top of the other half - see photos - and press together , before wrapping in a large sheet of well greased foil.
Place the foil wrapped stuffed marrow into a large baking tray or ovenproof dish and cook in the pre-heated oven for 1 1 / 2 to 2 hours , checking after 1 1 / 2 hours.
The marrow should be soft but still hold its shape.
Take the marrow out of the oven when cooked and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
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Ingredients

marrow, minced beef, onions, garlic cloves, red pepper, tomatoes, fresh parsley, tomato puree, breadcrumbs, egg, salt, black pepper, oil, aluminum foil