Category: Lunch, Main Dishes, Miscellaneous
Cuisine: French
Yields:
4 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
Prep Time: 20 Mins
Cook Time:
50 Mins
Total Time:
1 Hr 10 Mins
Getting down to the basics, a casserole is any food that is cooked and served in the same dish. It is considered a French meal, but you will see many of it originating from me. The casserole is typically baked and can consist of proteins like beef, chicken, or fish, a variety of vegetables, or almost anything else you can think of. After that, it is cooked uncovered in an oven. Let me present you with my invention, a meat casserole with a vegetable base. It is a perfect lunch for you and your family, especially if you are fans of the bolognese taste. Take a look at it.
Ingredients
Adjust Servings
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Casserole Base
- Casserole Filling
Instructions
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Casserole Base
- Peel the potatoes, grate them and add them to a deep bowl. Finely chop the broccoli and also add it to the bowl. Add olive oil and salt, mix well with a wooden spoon so you get a mixture that you will use for the base of the casserole.
- Pour the mixture into a pan previously lined with baking paper (I used a round pan). Smooth the dough nicely by coating the walls of the pan, ie set some of the mixture on the walls too to get a placement like a bowl.
- Put the pan with the mixture in the oven to bake for 30 minutes, at a temperature of 200 degrees. After extraction, you should get a nice united, and crunchy vegetable base. Casserole Filling
- Meanwhile, in another pan, fry the chopped onion over low heat. After that, fry the minced meat over high heat, along with the salt and dried parsley. As soon as the meat gets the desired color, add the tomato puree and cooking hops (or home-made bechamel sauce instead of hops). Simmer on low heat for another 5 minutes, then the filling for the casserole is ready.
- Pour the filling on the previously baked potato and broccoli base, and place the filling well to get the appearance of a flat pie. Return the pan to the oven and bake for another 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
- Just before the end, we put pieces of mozzarella and dried parsley on the casserole to melt until the filling is hot. Cut into 4 or 8 pieces (depending on the size of the pan) and serve with salad and a ball of sour cream.