Mediterranean-style baked gratinated zucchini with sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, breadcrumbs and more, a vegetarian side dish that is healthy, tasty, flavorful, light and easy to make. If you’re looking for easy and quick zucchini recipes, this Mediterranean zucchini dish is perfect: practical to prepare, healthy and full of flavor. Everything is baked in the oven until it reaches the right golden color and then it can be served either hot or at room temperature. If you don’t know how to cook zucchini in an original way, try this and you’ll see how delicious it is! Before heading to the kitchen to make our Mediterranean zucchini, I recommend you also check my Grilled Zucchini Salad recipe and my Cheese-stuffed Gratinated Zucchini. Also, if you want to stay updated on all my new dishes, you can follow my Facebook page (here) and my Instagram profile (here).

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Difficulty: Very easy
Cost: Inexpensive
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 5
Cooking methods: Oven
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Spring, Summer and Autumn

Ingredients to make Mediterranean gratinated baked zucchini

3 zucchini (medium)
2 spring onions (scallions)
2 stalks celery
1.8 oz Taggiasca olives (or black olives)
3.5 oz cherry tomatoes (about 2/3 cup)
2.1 oz grated Parmesan (or graba)
3 tbsp pine nuts
1 pinch dried oregano
to taste extra virgin olive oil
2.1 oz sun-dried tomatoes
to taste black pepper

Tools

Baking tray
Oven
Bowl

Preparation

To make the Mediterranean gratinated zucchini, start by rinsing the zucchini, trim the ends, cut them in half, then into strips and finally into bite-sized pieces. Clean the spring onions and chop them, and do the same with the celery, cutting it into small pieces.
Gather these ingredients in a bowl and add coarsely chopped sun-dried tomatoes preserved in oil, the Taggiasca or black olives,
the grated cheese, the pine nuts and the oregano. Finish with a good drizzle of oil and mix,
spread everything on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, add the cherry tomatoes halved, season with salt and add a little more oil. Bake at 392°F (200°C) in conventional mode for 30–35 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven, let cool slightly and transfer to a suitable plate. Serve hot or at room temperature.