Stuffed cucumbers on homemade tomato sauce

Name: Stuffed cucumbers on homemade tomato sauce
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 kg ripe tomatoes; 3 Onions; 4 discs Toast; 4 Stem(s) Basil; 1 TABLESPOON Olive oil; 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 7-10 Tbsp Sugar; 2 medium-sized cucumbers; 75 g Bacon cubes; 600 g mixed minced meat; 200 g Long grain rice; 100 g Gouda cheese

AUTHOR
Harley Romero

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 kg ripe tomatoes
3 Onions
4 discs Toast
4 Stem(s) Basil
1 TABLESPOON Olive oil
1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
7-10 Tbsp Sugar
2 medium-sized cucumbers
75 g Bacon cubes
600 g mixed minced meat
200 g Long grain rice
100 g Gouda cheese

Directions

1
Carve tomatoes crosswise, blanch with boiling water, let stand briefly. Quench tomatoes, peel skin. Cut out the stalk and dice the tomatoes roughly. Peel and finely dice onions.
2
Soak the toast in cold water. Wash the basil and chop the leaves of 3 stems finely. Heat the oil in a pot. Sauté half of the onions for 1-2 minutes, then add tomato paste.
3
After another 1 minute, add the diced tomatoes. Season the sauce with salt, pepper and a little sugar and simmer covered for about 15 minutes. Clean, peel and halve the cucumbers and remove the seeds. Leave bacon out in a pan.
4
Knead minced meat, remaining onion cubes, squeezed out bread and diced bacon and season with pepper. Fill cucumber halves with minced meat. Spread tomato sauce in 1-2 casseroles, place braised cucumbers on top. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 35-40 minutes.
5
Prepare rice in boiling salted water according to package instructions. Grate the cheese and sprinkle over the cucumbers about 8 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Garnish cucumbers with basil leaves and serve with rice.