Classically, this dish is prepared with a chop of the best tenderloin, on which the filling is laid. But if there wasn’t such a thing in the refrigerator or there’s no time to mess around with it, it’s quite possible to cook meat in French with minced meat. Moreover, in this case it will turn out more juicy.
We select and prepare the stuffing
Before you start cooking, you need to decide on the meat. The meat in French should in any case be soft, but at the same time it should not be fried. Therefore, twisted meat, in which the content of beef and pork is about 50/50, is the best option. You can cook the semi-finished product yourself. To do this, buy chilled meat in the market or in the store , in which there will be practically no fatty layers, and at home already twist it in a meat grinder or grind it in a blender.
Minced meat is better not to use. As a rule, it contains a sufficiently large amount of fat, which will be fried in the oven. As a result, you will not get meat in French with minced meat, but at best a stuffing floating in fat. By the way, for this dish you can use not only twisted, but also just finely chopped meat. Such, for example, as for the dish "Meat in Albanian". Or add slices to the mince to diversify its texture. We offer you some recipes.
French meat with beef minced meat
It is noted that this dish is especially popular on the second day of any holiday, because on the first one they just don’t get their hands on it. But in the morning, preheated in the oven, it comes in handy. So, prepare the meat in French. The recipe for minced beef is very simple. Here are the products we need: a couple of spoons of mayonnaise, spices, two medium tomatoes, a couple of onions, a bunch of green onions, two hundred grams of hard cheese, breadcrumbs, vegetable meat and the main ingredient is a pound of ground beef.
At the very beginning, you need to warm up the baking sheet a little, grease it with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Then we add spices to the twisted meat and spread it on a baking sheet with an even layer, lightly grease with mayonnaise. Cut the tomatoes into thin slices and lay on top, sprinkle with chopped onions - green and onion, make a thick hat of grated cheese on top. We prepare the dish in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees 40-45 minutes.
Minced chicken
Another French recipe for meat with chicken this time. This dish is good because it cooks very quickly, which means that your guests do not have to wait long for hot. So, we take the following set of products: a kilogram of coarse minced chicken, a pound of hard cheese, a little mayonnaise, a couple of onions, a pod of fresh sweet pepper, 7-9 cloves of garlic, seasoning, a little vegetable oil and breadcrumbs.
The cooking process is the same as in the previous recipe: you need to put meat on a greased and sprinkled biscuit pan, finely chopped onion and grated cheese on it. Do not forget to add salt and add spices. Cheese is best mixed with mayonnaise and chopped bell peppers. So the meat in French with minced meat will be juicy. We cook in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of 200-210 degrees. It is best to impose this dish with a spatula, so it will maintain a beautiful shape. Garnish with cherry tomatoes, ketchup and herbs.
With mushrooms and potatoes
Another original French meat recipe with minced meat, mushrooms and potatoes. This option of the dish saves you from having to prepare a side dish, because it is completely on its own. Only vegetable salads should be put on the table - a delicious dinner for unexpected guests is ready. Well, let's start studying the recipe and find out what foods are needed for cooking.
This is about four hundred grams of minced meat, a pound of mushrooms, such as champignons, three medium-sized onions, three hundred grams of hard cheese, five medium potatoes, salt and spices. On the greased baking sheet, put the onion, cut into rings. On top of it sliced ​​potatoes, which should be a little salt. We spread the minced meat on it with an even layer, and on top - mushrooms cut into slices. Sprinkle cheese grated on a coarse grater and make a net of mayonnaise. It is not necessary to cook such meat for long, it will be enough half an hour at a temperature of 180-210 degrees.
Few secrets
To get really tasty meat in French with minced meat, follow a few simple rules:
- lay all the ingredients in layers;
- mayonnaise makes the dish juicier;
- you can replace mayonnaise with sour cream or mix them together;
- hard cheese can be replaced with cheese;
- potatoes can be grated on a coarse grater;
- tomatoes are laid on top of potatoes;
- do not add egg white to the minced meat; it makes the meat dry;
- a tray with water is placed under the baking sheet - so the dish will turn out to be juicy and not over-dried;
- meat is better to salt at the end - so it will be tastier;
- pay attention to the sauce - the main highlight of the meat in French.