Zucchini Stew

Hi guys! At least here in Barcelona the weather has been quite good the last days, yesterday we even had 17 ºC, but you know... I'm still in the mood of comfy food... so I made this recipes that my grandma used to make for me. It's a chilean recipe called "guiso de zapallo italiano", guiso is stew and zapallo italiano is one of the spanish words for zucchini or courgette. One thing that I have noticed at least in the occidental countries is that in times of shortage, people tended to save everything they had, and of course one of those things was bread. Nowadays we toss dry and hard bread leftovers, but it wasn't an option back then. Many recipes such as the Spanish "migas" or this zucchini stew were made in those times... and frankly they are really good! specially if you combine the essence of these dishes together with the ingredients we have on hand nowadays. Last year I uploaded this recipe on my other channel and I though it would be nice to share it with the English spoken world :) So here it is, I hope you like it as much as I do.

Ingredients

• 1 Chopped Onion
• 1 leftover bread
• 400 gr of minced beef
• Milk or water
• 5 medium size Zucchini or Courgette
• Salt and Pepper

Process

• Rehydrate the bread using either milk or water, the amount depends on the bread, just make sure it rehydrates completely.
• In a pot stir fry the chopped onion until translucent with a drizzle of either vegetable. Then add the minced beef and stir fry until it is cooked. Add some salt and pepper to taste.
• Add the thinly slices zucchini, turn the heat to low and put a lid over the pot.
• Wait 10 minutes and check if there is still water on the bottom of the pan, if so put the lid back on.
• Wait another 10 minutes, by this time the volume of the zucchinis should have reduced by half, mix the zucchini together with the meat until is well combined, and cook it until the zucchinis are mushy.
• Add the rehydrated bread and one egg, stir everything together and that’s it.
  Serve with a little cheese on top.