Cauliflower casserole with minced meat is a tasty and nutritious dish. Cauliflower is a healthy and light vegetable that must be included in the diet for anyone who wants to eat right. Minced meat will make the dish nourishing and juicy.
Cauliflower casserole with minced meat - the basic principles of cooking
Before cooking, the cauliflower is washed and taken apart into small florets. Then the vegetable is boiled in boiling water for about five minutes, thrown back in a colander and cooled. In addition to the cauliflower, you will need onions and carrots to make casseroles. These vegetables are peeled, ground, and fried in a pan.
Ground meat is used chicken, beef, mixed or pork. The minced meat is mixed with roasted vegetables and laid out in a form, flattened and laid on it boiled cauliflower, slightly pressing into the meat mass. From above spread thin slices of cheese and bake. The casserole can be formed by laying out the ingredients in layers.
As a fill, use beaten eggs with milk or sour cream.
For a change, the dish is prepared with other vegetables or mushrooms.
Recipe 1. Cauliflower casserole with minced
Ingredients
head of cabbage weighing 600 g;
15 g breadcrumbs;
Half a kilo of ground beef;
freshly ground pepper;
three onions;
kitchen salt;
hard cheese - 200 g;
grows butter;
three chicken eggs.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the cauliflower head, put it in boiling water. Lightly salt and boil for about five minutes. Then drain the water and cool the cabbage itself. Carefully disassemble the head into small florets.
2. Peel and chop the onion. Fry the vegetable in a well-heated oil, stirring constantly, until light rosy.
3. Coarsely grated cheese. Beat the eggs in a deep bowl with a mixer until light foam is formed. Add grated cheese to whipped eggs and mix. 4. Stir fried onions in ground beef. Send boiled cauliflower buds here. Season with salt and pepper, mix.
5. Oil the form. Sprinkle breadcrumbs. Put in a mixture of minced meat with vegetables. Gently pour all the whipped eggs with cheese. Put in a half hour in a preheated 200C oven.
Recipe 2. Cauliflower casserole with minced meat and mushrooms
Ingredients
250 g Dutch cheese;
cauliflower - 300 g;
kitchen salt;
Mixed minced meat - 300 g;
150 g of mushrooms;
one carrot;
head turnips.
Method of preparation
1. Peel, crumble, and fry in vegetable oil until browned. Peel and finely rub the carrots. Add it to the pan with the onions and continue to simmer, stirring until the vegetable is soft.
2. Wash, dry and crumble the mushrooms into thin slices. Add to the rest of the vegetables, stir and continue to simmer until all the liquid has evaporated. Turn off the heat and cool.
3. Combine minced meat with grilled vegetables and mushrooms. Stir. Disassemble cabbage into inflorescences and dip it in boiling water. Cook for five minutes. Then remove from boiling water and cool.
4. Put the minced meat with vegetables in the oily form. Smooth and decompose the inflorescences of boiled cauliflower, slightly pressing them into the stuffing. Cover the dish with thin slices of cheese. Turn the oven on 180 degrees. Put the form in it and bake for half an hour.
Recipe 3. Cauliflower casserole with minced potatoes
Ingredients
10 ml of sunflower oil;
500 grams of potatoes;
10 g of Adyghe salt;
cauliflower - 400 g;
400 g minced pork;
a glass of cream;
onion head;
chicken egg;
one carrot.
Method of preparation
1. Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut them into thin strips. Chop the peeled onions and carrots. Fry in hot oil, stirring constantly, until golden brown. 2. Wash cauliflower forks, dip in boiling water, cook for ten minutes. Remove, cool and disassemble into inflorescences. Squeeze out excess fluid.
3. In a deep bowl, mix the minced meat with potatoes, cauliflower and fried vegetables. Season everything with salt and spices. Thoroughly knead.
4. Combine the cream with the eggs and whisk everything with a whisk until the foam appears on the surface. Lightly lubricate the deep form. Put in a mixture of minced meat and vegetables. Fill all with whipped cream with eggs. Put in the oven heated to 180 degrees. Bake for an hour.
Recipe 4. Cauliflower casserole with minced meat in a slow cooker
Ingredients
oil grows - 20 ml;
minced meat - 300 g;
ground paprika - 10 g;
cauliflower head;
head turnip;
freshly ground pepper - 10 g;
garlic slice;
cheese - 50 g;
large egg;
mayonnaise - 75 g
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the cabbage, place it in boiling, salted water and cook for a quarter of an hour. Remove the head from the pan, put in a colander and cool. Disassemble it into inflorescences.
2. Peel the head of the onion turnips, finely crumble. Free a slice of garlic from the husk and chop. Fry the onions in a frying pan, lightly salt them, add vegetable oil. Add garlic and a pinch of granulated sugar. Remove from heat and cool.
3. Combine minced meat with fried onions in deep dishes. Knead well, slightly beating on the bowl.
4. Smear the bottom of the multicooker pan with oil. Collect the minced meat in a bowl, insert into it cabbage blossoms. Top with mayonnaise and ground with paprika. Close the lid tightly and start baking. Set the time to forty minutes. Serve, cut into portions and sprinkle with finely chopped greens.
Recipe 5. Cauliflower casserole with minced meat and zucchini
Ingredients
650 g pork;
100 g of Russian cheese; 250 g cauliflower;
10 ml grow. oils;
120 g carrots;
10 g butter;
two slices of garlic;
5 g dried thyme;
120 g of onion turnips;
10 g parsley;
120 g zucchini;
80 ml of milk;
1 slice loaf.
Method of preparation
1. Rinse the meat, clean out of all excess. Cut the pork into small slices and roll through the meat grinder. Zucchini wash, wipe and chop into small chips. Add the vegetable to the stuffing.
2. Peel, wash and chop the onions with carrots. Crumble the onion into small cubes, grate the carrots. Brown the onions in the hot oil, add the carrot chips and continue to sauté until soft. Cool and send in a bowl with minced meat.
3. Disassemble the cabbage into florets, wash it, send it to boiling water and cook for about three minutes. Throw the vegetable into a colander and leave to let the liquid flow.
4. Peel and chop the garlic cloves. Stale loaf soaked in milk. In the mince, add the egg, soaked in milk loaf, greens, seasoning and garlic. Knead everything well.
5. Lay out baking paper. Grease it with oil and place half of the minced meat. Smooth. Distribute cauliflower inflorescences on top, slightly pressing them into the stuffing. Cover the cabbage with the remaining ground meat so that it covers the vegetable completely.
6. Place the pan for 30 minutes in a preheated oven. Cut baked casserole in portions and serve, watering with sour cream.
Recipe 6. Cauliflower casserole with minced meat in sour cream and tomato sauce
Ingredients
Half a kilo of ground beef;
40 ml of vegetable oil;
kg of cauliflower;
20 g of tomato paste;
100 ml sour cream;
one carrot;
dry thyme;
bulb;
paprika pod;
spices.
Method of preparation
1. Disassemble the cabbage forks. In a saucepan, boil water. Dip cabbage into it and cook for about seven minutes. Throw the vegetable into a colander and cool slightly. 2. Peel off the onion. Finely shred it. With carrots, cut off the rind, wash it and coarsely rub it. Remove the stem from the pod of the Bulgarian pepper. Clean the seeds and chop the vegetable into thin strips. Put onion in a frying pan with hot oil and fry it, stirring regularly, until golden brown. Add carrot and pepper. Continue to fry until the vegetables are soft.
3. Let the vegetable fry cool and add to the minced meat. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Oil the deep baking pan. Lightly tuck with breadcrumbs. Spread half the mince, level. Put a layer of boiled cauliflower on top. Pepper it. Cover the vegetable with a layer of minced meat. Combine sour cream with tomato paste. Season with spices and shake well. Pour the casserole with the resulting sauce.
4. Send the form to an oven preheated to 200 ° C and bake for 45 minutes. Cool the prepared casserole slightly, cut it in portions and serve with fresh or pickled cucumbers.
Cauliflower casserole with minced meat - tips and tricks
- Boil the cauliflower for no longer than five minutes, as it will also be baked.
- You can make a fill from eggs, sour cream, cream or mayonnaise.
- From above you get an appetizing crust if you sprinkle the casserole on top with grated cheese.
- In addition to cauliflower, you can add any vegetables to the casserole.
