Zucchini Pizza Boats

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Yummy pizza on a vegetable base, the best way to eat zucchini.

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: zucchini pizza boats, pizza zucchini boats

Servings: boats

Calories: 108kcal

Author: Stacey

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius (400 F).
Slice your zucchini in half lengthwise. Then remove a small slice from the bottom of each half so that the zucchini boats will sit stably on a baking tray.
Use a spoon to remove approximately half a centimetre of flesh from each zucchini boat. Sit the zucchini boats on a lined baking tray
In a small bowl combine the olive oil, paprika and garlic powder. Brush this oil mixture over the zucchini boats, then season with salt and pepper.
Bake the zucchini in the hot oven for 5-10 minutes.

Remove the zucchini boats from the oven, top each boat with pizza sauce, red onion, salami and mozzarella.
Bake in your hot oven for 10 minutes until the zucchini are tender and the cheese is golden brown.
Garnish with basil leaves
Enjoy!

I use a twice-baked method when I make my zucchini pizzas. I find this gets you the best final result. I season and oil the zucchini and bake them, before adding the topping and baking them again.
If your zucchini are large and more like marrows they may have quite large seeds. Be sure to scoop as many of them out before baking them.
Top your pizza boats with your favorite pizza toppings! I have lots of ideas on my Tortilla Pizza recipe.
Serve as a light meal or as a side to steak, grilled fish, or grilled chicken.
Store leftovers in the fridge, I enjoy the leftovers cold over the next 2-3 days.
Zucchini: If you don't have zucchini or courgette this recipe will also work with eggplant/aubergine
Garlic powder, paprika: I like to season my zucchini before adding the pizza toppings. I use a combination of paprika and garlic powder but you could use other spices, including onion powder or celery salt.

Pizza Toppings

Pizza sauce/marinara sauce: This can be homemade pizza sauce or store-bought.
Salami/Red Onion: I like to use salami sticks to make cute little salami rounds and red onion to top my zucchini pizzas, but you can of course use other pizza toppings including; pepperoni, bacon, ham, olives, mushrooms, capsicum, pineapple, onion, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
Mozzarella cheese: Any shredded or grated cheese that melts well will work, including; colby and cheddar cheese.
Basil leaves: after cooking I like to add fresh basil leaves, this can be skipped, another herb used (parsley, thyme) or a pesto can be used as an alternative.