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Zucchini casserole with minced meat in the oven
The zucchini casserole with minced meat in the oven combines a wonderful blend of meat and vegetables. Equally satisfying and light dish. The meat, thanks to the zucchini, becomes very juicy, the egg filling helps to bind the layers into a whole, and the cheese topping, in addition to its original flavor, creates a rather appetizing appearance.
Ingredients
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- dairy zucchini - 700 g;
- poultry minced meat - 500 g;
- juicy carrot - 160 g;
- white onion - 120 g;
- sweet-sour tomatoes - 250 g;
- cheese - 100 g;
- chicken eggs - 4 pcs;
- sour cream with any % fat content - 160 g;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients for making the zucchini casserole with minced meat in the oven. If the zucchini have large seeds, they need to be removed, and the skin peeled. Then weigh without considering the waste. The carrot will add sweetness to the vegetable layer, but if desired, it can be omitted and just increase the weight of the zucchini by the same amount. Any minced meat can be used.
- The meat minced meat needs to be sautéed with onions before baking. For this, chop the onion into medium cubes.
- Sauté the chopped onion in a small amount of oil just until softened.
- Add the minced meat to the pan and break it apart with a spatula.
- Sauté the meat briefly, just until the color changes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Finely chop the tomatoes (the skin can be left on).
- Transfer the prepared tomato pieces to the pan.
- Sauté everything until the moisture evaporates from the tomatoes.
- Grate the zucchini coarsely and sprinkle with a little salt.
- Grate the carrot using a vegetable grater. Start preheating the oven. The temperature should reach 180 degrees.
- In a deep container, mix the eggs and sour cream.
- Press the garlic in here using a press.
- After about 10 minutes, the zucchini will release juice.
- They need to be squeezed out and mixed with the carrot. Combine the vegetable mixture (do not add more salt, as the zucchini have already absorbed some).
- Grease the bottom and sides of the baking dish with oil, preferably - butter. Place half of the vegetable mixture at the bottom of the container.
- Evenly spread the minced meat on top.
- Then - the remaining vegetables.
- Pour the egg-sour cream sauce over it.
- The sauce should evenly cover all the free area, leaving no dry spots. Place the dish with the zucchini casserole with minced meat in the oven on the middle rack.
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
- After 40 minutes, the dish will become a cohesive unit and will be fully baked. Remove it.
- Cover the top with grated cheese.
- Return the dish to the oven - this time for 5 minutes.
- The healthy, filling, and fragrant zucchini casserole with minced meat in the oven has acquired a beautiful cheese crust, absorbing some of its flavor. The meat did not dry out during baking, thanks to the vegetable component. Do not rush to serve the hot dish - it should cool slightly so that the layers finally bond with each other. Only then slice the casserole into portions - the pieces will hold their shape.
