{"product_id":"greek-kolokithakia-gemista-stuffed-zucchini-400g","title":"Greek Stuffed Zucchini in Avgolemono - Fresh, Never Frozen (400g)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eZucchini filled with rice and meat, finished in the egg and lemon sauce that gives the dish its name.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKolokithakia gemista\u003c\/strong\u003e are zucchini hollowed out, filled with rice, minced meat, and onion, then simmered in the pot rather than baked. What makes them this particular dish is what goes in at the end: \u003cem\u003eavgolemono\u003c\/em\u003e, the Greek sauce of egg yolk and lemon juice whisked into the hot cooking liquid, which thickens without any cream and sets the pale, glossy finish you can see in the photographs. Amvrosia makes them in Sindos, outside Thessaloniki, and chills the tray rather than freezing it. Zucchini is the largest ingredient at 50%, the filling is 15% boiled rice and 12,5% beef and pork, and one sealed 400g tray arrives having never been through a freezer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sauce is the part worth understanding before you order. A Greek domestic avgolemono is mild rather than sharp: it carries lemon instead of tasting of it, and it is meant to coat the zucchini rather than pool around them. The zucchini stay soft and faintly sweet, the rice is boiled and takes up the sauce, and the seasoning is plain in the household sense: onion, garlic, parsley, mint and dill. Serve it properly hot. An avgolemono served lukewarm reads as bland, which is the one thing this dish is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a vegetable dish with meat in it rather than the other way round. Half the tray is zucchini, and the meat is one-eighth of it, which is how the dish is built in Greece and why it sits lighter than the baked trays in this range. A full tray carries \u003cstrong\u003e340 kcal and 14g of protein\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it is one generous portion for one person rather than a plate to divide. The sauce is where both allergens are: this recipe contains \u003cstrong\u003ewheat and egg\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNo preservatives, and chilled rather than frozen: how that works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFresh food ordered online raises the same question every time, which is how it keeps with neither a freezer nor a preservative. The answer here is the packaging. The tray is sealed in a protective atmosphere, and that is what keeps the dish without anything being added to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo preservatives\u003c\/strong\u003e in the recipe. The list printed on the tray is the whole story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep refrigerated below +7°C, and once opened, eat within 24 hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNever frozen\u003c\/em\u003e at any point, which is why the zucchini holds its shape and the sauce does not separate. The use-by date is printed on the tray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOven, 180°C for 13 to 15 minutes\u003c\/strong\u003e once preheated. Pierce the film in two spots first, and remove it before serving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMicrowave, 3 to 4 minutes at 800W\u003c\/strong\u003e, same piercing step. Keep the tray clear of the oven element and the grill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne hot meal for one person, with bread to take up the sauce left in the tray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith a green salad alongside, which is how a Greek table fills out a plate of gemista.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs the warm course after a cold meze of olives, feta, and dips.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Amvrosia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42948506616046,"sku":"KOL400","price":10.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7683\/4722\/files\/greek-stuffed-zucchini-in-avgolemono-fresh-never-frozen-400g-6588016.png?v=1788552198","url":"https:\/\/www.greekflavours.com\/en-ie\/products\/greek-kolokithakia-gemista-stuffed-zucchini-400g","provider":"Greek Flavours","version":"1.0","type":"link"}