Zucchini is a very versatile vegetable, affordable and inexpensive. Due to its neutral taste, it is an excellent ingredient for various prefabricated stews and hodgepodge, as well as for fritters and other vegetable dishes. A zucchini casserole with minced meat and tomatoes will delight you with its taste, simplicity and will be an excellent dinner for the whole family, because the combination of vegetables and meat filling can leave few people indifferent. Choose any cooking option below.
Recipe No. 1: zucchini casserole with minced meat and tomatoes
For a large serving for the whole family you will need:
- just over 1 kg of fresh zucchini, it is better to find young vegetables, they will be juicier;
- 400 gr. minced meat, you can take beef or a mixture of pork and beef;
- 3 medium sized onions;
- 7-8 pcs. ripe tomatoes;
- 2-3 tbsp. l natural tomato paste;
- 4 eggs;
- half a glass of sour cream;
- 100 gr. cheese (if desired, this ingredient is optional);
- vegetable oil and a little salt and pepper.
Chop onion finely and fry it in a pan until transparent, add minced meat and tomato paste, cook for no more than five minutes. Next, grate the zucchini, salt, put in a bowl or a deep plate. They should stand a little. Cut the tomatoes into circles and beat the eggs with sour cream. Zucchini casserole with minced meat and tomatoes is laid in a form, carefully greased with oil, layers. First, the first - half the mass of zucchini. Then stuffing. After that, lay out the remaining zucchini. The last layer is tomatoes. All this must be poured with a mixture of eggs and sour cream, sprinkled with grated cheese, if desired, and sent to bake for half an hour or 40 minutes (at 180 degrees). After the specified time, the zucchini casserole with minced meat and tomatoes is ready. It will certainly turn out to be very tasty and will delight you with a delicious golden crust. Be prepared for the fact that your home will certainly ask for supplements. By the way, the filling can be made not only meat, but also chicken - with it the dish will turn out no worse.
Recipe number 2: how to cook a casserole of minced meat, potatoes, zucchini
For her, take:
- 5-6 medium potato tubers or 100 gr. dry mashed potatoes, which can simply be diluted with water;
- 1 zucchini weighing about 700 gr.;
- 0.5 kg of minced meat to your taste;
- 100 gr. any hard cheese;
- vegetable oil, spices of your choice, as well as salt and a little pepper;
- about 50-60 gr. (a quarter pack) butter.
Boil the potatoes and mash it. You can also use dry potato flakes, which need to be boiled with boiling water as indicated on the packet, add butter to it. Fry the minced meat in a pan. It should be completely ready (that is, you may need 10-15 minutes). Salt it and sprinkle with black pepper. Zucchini need to be grated and also salt, then put in a pan and fry until soft. Then grease the mold and lay out our ingredients in layers. First, potatoes, after zucchini, then minced meat, finish with a layer of grated cheese. Since all the components of the dish are already ready, in this case the squash casserole with minced meat is done very quickly, ten minutes is enough for you - the cheese should melt and turn golden. Done. Can be served. It is especially tasty if you serve a delicious piece of this dish with sour cream.