In the world there are many recipes for casseroles. In each country, this dish has its own name. For example, in the UK it is called pudding. Italian lasagna is also a kind of casserole, which is prepared from meat (vegetables) and layers of dough. A casserole can be a dessert if you cook it from cottage cheese, fruits and berries, and can become a main course. In this case, it is prepared from vegetables, meat, fish, pasta. Very tasty and hearty casseroles are obtained from minced meat. And they are prepared at the same time quite simply.
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You will need
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- minced meat - 400 g
- pasta - 250 g
- sweet pepper and eggplant - 2 pcs each
- vegetable oil and lemon juice - 2 tbsp each. l
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp flour
- hard cheese - 50 g
- yogurt - 150 ml
- milk - 1 cup
- pepper
- salt.
Instruction manual
1
Pasta casserole with minced meat is prepared as follows:
Boil the pasta until cooked.
2
Fry the minced pork in a pan.
3
Add to it the diced eggplant, onion, pepper. And put out for 10 to 15 minutes.
4
Finely chop the garlic or pass through a press. Add to minced meat with vegetables. Salt and pepper the mixture.
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While the minced meat is stewed with vegetables, make the sauce. To do this, pour the milk into a deep bowl. Bring to a boil. While stirring the milk, pour in the previously fried flour. Let it boil a little, and then add the beaten egg and yogurt. Then melt 2/3 of the cheese in this sauce. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper.
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Grease the baking dish with vegetable oil. Lay pasta with minced meat and vegetables on the bottom. Pour the casserole with sauce. Place it in an oven preheated to 200 ° - 220 ° C. Bake for 30 minutes. About 10 minutes before cooking, sprinkle the casserole with the remaining cheese. The finished dish can be decorated with chopped herbs.
note
For meat casseroles, you can use various types of meat: turkey, pork, beef, rabbit, chicken, etc. And the meat can be taken in the form of minced meat, or you can just finely chop it.
Useful advice
Pasta can be replaced with dough sheets that can be bought at the supermarket. But you can cook them at home. Sift 200 g of flour, form a slide from it with a depression in the center. Drive two eggs into this hole and add salt. Mix all the ingredients, the dough should turn out quite steep and homogeneous. Cover the finished dough with a napkin. After half an hour, roll it to a thickness of 1 - 1.5 mm. Then cut from it plates of the necessary shape. If there are a lot of plates, then the extra ones can be frozen and used the next time. First, put the dough in the baking dish, then part of the minced meat, again the dough, the remaining minced meat. Cover all with dough plates. Pour the casserole with sauce and cook in the oven.
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