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Rice gratin with minced meat, zucchini and feta

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 175 g rice
  • 400 g zucchini
  • 2 onions
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 4 tomatoes
  • a few sprigs of oregano
  • a few sprigs of thyme
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 500 g minced meat, mixed
  • salt and pepper
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 250 g sour cream
  • oregano leaves for garnishing

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

Cook the rice in 350 ml of salted water. Wash the zucchini and slice diagonally. Dice the onions and garlic cloves. Peel the tomatoes and dice them as well. Pick the thyme and oregano and finely chop them. Fry the zucchini in hot oil until golden brown, then remove from the pan. Fry the minced meat in the remaining frying fat until crumbly. Add the onions, garlic, thyme, and oregano and fry for 3 minutes. Add the zucchini slices and diced tomatoes and season everything with salt and pepper. Preheat the oven to 200°C (top/bottom heat). Crumble 100 g of feta cheese, mix with the eggs and sour cream, and season with salt and pepper. Layer the minced meat mixture and rice in a baking dish and spread the sour cream mixture on top. Crumble the remaining feta over the top and bake the casserole for about 25 minutes. Serve the casserole garnished with oregano leaves.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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