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Zucchini and Ground Beef Mozzarella Bake
A hearty baked zucchini and ground beef dish with mushrooms, vegetables, tomato sauce and melted mozzarella.
From YouTube · Jan 4, 2026
A hearty baked zucchini and ground beef dish with mushrooms, vegetables, tomato sauce and melted mozzarella.
25 min
Prep time
35 min
Cook time
1 hr
Total time
4 servings
Yield
Ingredients
17 ingredients- 2 zucchini, diced
- 2 eggs
- 400 g ground beef
- 1 tbsp plain flour
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 carrot, grated
- 2 tbsp tomato sauce
- Salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
- Sweet paprika, to taste
- 40 g butter
- 200 g mushrooms, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 lemon slices
- 2 bay leaves
- 100 g mozzarella, grated
Method
20 steps- Preheat the oven to 190°C (375°F).
- Lightly grease a baking dish.
- Dice the zucchini, tomato and onion.
- Grate the carrot.
- Slice the mushrooms and finely chop the garlic.
- Melt the butter in a large frying pan.
- Cook the onion and garlic until softened.
- Add the ground beef.
- Cook until browned and fully cooked.
- Add the zucchini, tomato, carrot and mushrooms.
- Cook for several minutes until the vegetables begin to soften.
- Stir in the tomato sauce.
- Season with salt, black pepper and sweet paprika.
- Remove the bay leaves after the mixture has cooked briefly.
- Whisk the eggs with the flour.
- Stir the egg mixture into the beef and vegetables.
- Transfer everything to the prepared baking dish.
- Top with the mozzarella.
- Bake for approximately 25 minutes, until set and golden.
- Serve with lemon slices.
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