Kritharaki – minced meat casserole

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g minced beef or lamb
• 1 large onion(s), diced
• 1 m.-large zucchini, diced
• 1 m.-large eggplant(s), diced
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 750 ml tomato(s) (passata rustico or pizza tomatoes)
• 1 jar beef stock or lamb stock
• 1 pinch of five-spice powder
• salt and pepper
• 200 g feta cheese, diced
• 200 g cheese, grated
• olive oil
• 300 g pasta (Kritharaki, Greek rice noodles)
• 100 g sour cream or crème légère

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

sophisticatedly seasoned

Brown the minced meat in a large pan in olive oil and season generously with salt and pepper. Add the onions, garlic, zucchini, and eggplant and fry for another 10 minutes. Add the passata or pizza tomatoes and the stock, stir in the raw pasta, and bring everything to a boil. Stir in the five-spice powder and sour cream and season to taste. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish, sprinkle with crumbled feta and/or grated cheese, and bake in a preheated oven at 200°C for about 40 minutes. The eggplant can also be replaced with bell peppers, for example.