Hearty, spicy oven dumplings with tzatziki

Ingredients for 3 servings:

• 5 rolls, stale
• 3 eggs
• 250 ml milk
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp herbal salt
• 1 some pepper
• 1 some paprika powder, hot
• 1 cube of vegetable stock
• ½ cup(s) water, hot
• 1 some oil
• 300 g minced meat
• 1 Mettwurst
• 2 onions
• 1 pack of feta cheese
• 1 tsp Ajvar, hot
• 1 tsp herbs de Provence
• 1 some olive oil
• 1 pack of mozzarella
• 1 cucumber(s)
• 1 cup of yogurt
• 1 onion(s)
• 1 clove(s) garlic
• 1 lemon(s)
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 2 hours 45 minutes

Casserole with bread rolls, minced meat and feta cheese

Cut the rolls (they can be rock-hard already) into thin slices and season generously with eggs, milk, parsley, 2 cloves of crushed garlic, salt, pepper, and paprika. Place them in a bowl and let them sit for about 1 hour. Stir frequently to allow the rolls to soften. If desired and to your taste, you can also dissolve a vegetable stock cube in a little hot water and add it to the mixture. In the end, the rolls should have formed a nice “dough.” Dice 2 onions and fry them with 2 tablespoons of oil, the ground beef, and the sliced ​​Mettwurst. It should be nicely browned to develop a roasted aroma. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly, then crumble the feta cheese, add the remaining crushed garlic cloves, salt, pepper, ajvar, and Provençal herbs, and season to taste. First, pour half of the roll mixture into a baking dish, then add the ground beef mixture, and spread the rest of the roll mixture on top. Drizzle a few drops of olive oil on top and place in the oven at 150°C fan/convection oven (without preheating) for about 45 minutes. When the top of the casserole begins to brown, slice the mozzarella, arrange it on top, and return it to the oven for another 15 minutes. Dice 1 onion and squeeze the lemon. Mix the onion, yogurt, lemon juice (don’t add all the juice at once; taste first), 1 crushed garlic clove, salt, and pepper, and season to taste. Let it stand. Just before the casserole is ready, peel the cucumber, quarter it, and cut it into small pieces. Mix it with the yogurt dressing.