Venetian Pizza Boats Recipe
Summary
Cooking Time10 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Ingredients
| Egg | 1 , beaten | |
| 2 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs | ||
| Salt | 1/4 Teaspoon | |
| Dried oregano | 1/8 Teaspoon, crushed | |
| Pepper | 1 Dash | |
| Ground beef | 1/4 pound | |
| Zucchini | 1 Medium, chopped | |
| Onion | 2 Tablespoon, chopped | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Garlic | 1 Clove (5gm), minced | |
| Pizza sauce | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 2 individual French-style rolls | ||
| Mozzarella cheese slice | 1 | |
| Peppers | 1 To taste, pickled | |
Directions
In a medium mixing bowl combine egg, bread crumbs, salt, oregano, and pepper.
Add ground beef, then mix well.
Shape the meat mixture into 6 meatballs.
Arrange meatballs in a circle in a 7- or 9-inch pie plate.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 3 to 5 minutes or till done, turning meatballs and rotating the pie plate a half-turn once.
Drain.
In a small mixing bowl combine zucchini, onion, butter or margarine, and garlic.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or till vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring once.
Stir in pizza sauce.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 1 to 2 minutes or till sauce is heated through, stirring once.
To assemble sandwiches, cut and set aside a thin slice from top of each roll.
Hollow bottoms of rolls, leaving 1/4-inch shells.
(Save excess bread for another use.) Place rolls in a nonmetal serving container.
Place 3 meatballs in each hollowed roll.
Cut cheese in half crosswise, then halve again diagonally to make 4 triangles.
Spoon pizza sauce mixture over meatballs.
Arrange 2 cheese triangles atop each meatball sandwich.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or till cheese is melted.
Garnish with pickled peppers, if desired.
Add ground beef, then mix well.
Shape the meat mixture into 6 meatballs.
Arrange meatballs in a circle in a 7- or 9-inch pie plate.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 3 to 5 minutes or till done, turning meatballs and rotating the pie plate a half-turn once.
Drain.
In a small mixing bowl combine zucchini, onion, butter or margarine, and garlic.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or till vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring once.
Stir in pizza sauce.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 1 to 2 minutes or till sauce is heated through, stirring once.
To assemble sandwiches, cut and set aside a thin slice from top of each roll.
Hollow bottoms of rolls, leaving 1/4-inch shells.
(Save excess bread for another use.) Place rolls in a nonmetal serving container.
Place 3 meatballs in each hollowed roll.
Cut cheese in half crosswise, then halve again diagonally to make 4 triangles.
Spoon pizza sauce mixture over meatballs.
Arrange 2 cheese triangles atop each meatball sandwich.
Micro-cook, uncovered, on 100% power (HIGH) 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or till cheese is melted.
Garnish with pickled peppers, if desired.
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