Summer Cucumber Bake
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup chopped onion, divided
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs, divided
- 3 cups tomato sauce, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 4 large cucumbers, peeled and sliced into rounds
- Paprika
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sauté onion and parsley in butter until onion is transparent. Reserve half the onion mixture and half the bread crumbs for topping.
- Add 1 cup bread crumbs to half the onion mixture; add 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce, salt and pepper.
- Arrange cucumber slices and remaining onion mixture in layers in an ovenproof casserole dish. Pour remaining tomato sauce around and on top of the cucumber-onion mixture. Cover top with the remaining bread crumbs; sprinkle with paprika. Bake 1 hour or until cucumber is tender and the casserole top is golden.