Casserole

Casserole is a popular dish, which is prepared from cooked or raw pureed products and binding ingredients. There are various options for casseroles: cottage cheese, meat, vegetable, vegetarian and others. They are most often baked in the oven. Casseroles are prepared both for independent food and for dessert, and they are suitable for baby food.

Lush cottage cheese casserole in the oven, like in kindergarten

A fluffy cottage cheese casserole in the oven, just like in kindergarten, is prepared simply and quickly. Its main ingredient should be high-quality fresh cottage cheese, moderately moist and with 5-9% fat content. Semolina and eggs and sugar beaten in a blender are added to the casserole, which makes its texture tender, fluffy and soufflé-like. Before baking, the casserole is brushed with sour cream instead of butter.

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   This delicious casserole is very easy to prepare. Immediately measure out the ingredients for the casserole according to the recipe.
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   Break the chicken eggs into a separate bowl, add sugar and beat with a submersible blender into a fluffy, homogeneous mass.
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   Add the egg mixture to the cottage cheese and mix well.
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   Then sprinkle the cottage cheese evenly with the required amount of semolina.
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   At this stage, you can add pre-soaked raisins to the casserole, although they are not included in the kindergarten version, but children love them.
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   Salt the dough. Then use a spoon to mix all the ingredients well until smooth.
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   Grease a baking dish with butter.
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   Spread the prepared curd mixture onto it in an even layer. Spread the entire surface evenly with sour cream.
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   Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the dish for 40 minutes until golden brown on top.
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    Remove the prepared casserole from the oven, turn it over onto any rack and cool slightly.
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    A fluffy cottage cheese casserole, like in kindergarten, is cut into pieces and served. Bon appetit!

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Classic cottage cheese casserole with semolina in the oven

The classic cottage cheese casserole with semolina in the oven turns out to be moderately sweet, with a golden brown crust and a delicate texture and baked on a baking sheet, it holds its shape well. This time-tested recipe offers a classic version of the casserole with semolina, sour cream and baking powder, making it similar to cheesecake.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese – 600 gr.
• Sugar – 4 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 5 tbsp.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Semolina – 4 tbsp.
• Salt – 1/2 tsp.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Vanilla sugar – 8 gr.
• Butter – 10 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, measure out the ingredients for the casserole according to the proportions of the recipe..

Step 2.In a separate bowl, mix sour cream with semolina and leave for 10-15 minutes for the semolina to swell.

Step 3. Transfer the good cottage cheese chosen for the casserole into another bowl and break the chicken eggs into it.

Step 4. Add the required amount of regular sugar, vanilla sugar and salt to the cottage cheese.

Step 5. Then add a teaspoon of baking powder.

Step 6. Mix these ingredients with a spoon or whisk and add the sour cream and semolina mixture.

Step 7. Then knead the casserole base until smooth. You can beat the mixture using an immersion blender.

Step 8. Grease a baking sheet or baking dish with a piece of butter and sprinkle with semolina or breadcrumbs.

Step 9. Place the curd mass into it in an even layer and apply a layer of sour cream on its surface. Bake the casserole in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 40 minutes. Then turn off the oven and leave the casserole for 10 minutes so that it does not settle immediately.

Step 10. Remove the classic cottage cheese casserole from the mold, cut into pieces and serve with any topping. Bon appetit!

Zucchini casserole in the oven

Zucchini casserole in the oven is quick and easy to prepare; it will be a light, low-calorie and healthy dish for your dinner. We prepare a casserole based on grated and squeezed zucchini. Of the additional ingredients in this recipe, we will add processed cheese, onions and eggs. The zucchini for the casserole is selected young and the cheese is of good quality.

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Zucchini – 600 gr.
• Processed cheese – 200 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 10 ml.

Cooking process:

Step 1.Ingredients for the casserole are prepared according to the recipe and the number of servings you need.

Step 2. The zucchini is washed well and chopped on a coarse grater. Then they are sprinkled with salt and left for 15 minutes to release excess juice and become less watery.

Step 3. Then squeeze the zucchini mass well with your hands and transfer it to a separate bowl.

Step 4. Processed cheese is cut into small cubes.

Step 5. Then the cheese is melted to a liquid state either in a water bath or in the microwave in pulse mode for 1 minute every 10 seconds and maximum power. Poor quality cheese may not melt.

Step 6. The melted cheese is transferred to the zucchini mass and everything is mixed with your hands.

Step 7. Then beaten chicken eggs are added to it.

Step 8. The mass is sprinkled with pepper or seasonings according to personal taste and mixed again.

Step 9. Lastly, finely chopped onion is added to the zucchini mass and everything is mixed again.

Step 10. Grease the baking dish with vegetable oil. The zucchini mass is poured into it, and the surface is leveled with a spoon.

Step 11. Prepare the casserole in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 1 hour. To obtain a golden brown crust, turn on the grill towards the end of baking.

Step 12. The prepared zucchini casserole is cooled slightly and served warm and topped with any sauce for dinner. Bon appetit!

Potato casserole with minced meat in the oven

Potato casserole with minced meat in the oven, as an option for dishes made from these ingredients, in this recipe you are invited to prepare it on the basis of mashed potatoes and any minced meat fried with vegetables. The dish will turn out tender, tasty and goes well with baby or diet food.Potatoes are selected from crumbly varieties, and minced meat is less fatty from chicken or turkey.

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 800 gr.
• Minced meat – 400 gr.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Milk – 100 ml.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for greasing and frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel, rinse, cut the potatoes into large pieces and boil for 20-25 minutes until tender in water with added salt..

Step 2. Peel the onions and carrots, rinse and chop in any way. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry these chopped vegetables until golden brown. Then add the minced meat to them, knead with a spatula so that there are no lumps, mix with vegetables, sprinkle with salt and seasoning and fry for 3-4 minutes.

Step 3. Transfer the fried minced meat into a separate bowl and grind with an immersion blender into a homogeneous mass.

Step 4. Add a piece of butter to the boiled potatoes, drain the water, and mash well with a masher. Pour milk into it and puree again. Divide the eggs into yolks and whites. Beat the latter a little with a fork, add to the puree and mix well.

Step 5. Grease the casserole dish with oil. Place cooked mashed potatoes, minced meat and mashed potatoes into it in layers. Mix the yolks well and brush the surface of the casserole with them. Add a few pieces of butter on top.

Step 6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Bake the potato casserole for 30 minutes until golden brown. Cut the prepared dish into pieces and serve in a mold. Bon appetit!

Zucchini casserole with cheese and tomatoes

Zucchini with cheese and tomatoes go well in taste and are prepared in different ways. In this recipe we prepare a casserole from these ingredients. Let's complement it with sweet pepper. We cut the vegetables into circles, arrange them nicely and layer by layer in a mold and bake them in an omelette and under a cheese crust. We choose small zucchini and tomatoes with dense pulp. We take vegetables of approximately the same diameter.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 25 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Zucchini – 600 gr.
• Tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• Bell pepper – 2 pcs.
• Sour cream – 40 gr.
• Milk – 5 tbsp.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Hard cheese – 60 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Butter - for greasing the pan.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the zucchini selected for the casserole, partially peel it and cut into circles no more than 1 cm thick..

Step 2. Wash the tomatoes and cut into the same circles.

Step 3. Peel peppers of different colors from seeds with partitions, rinse and cut into thin rings.

Step 4. Grease the baking dish with oil. Then place the vegetable slices in it vertically, alternately and compactly.

Step 5. Sprinkle vegetables with salt and any seasonings to your taste. Apply a layer of sour cream on them and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Step 6. In a bowl, beat the eggs and milk into a homogeneous mass. Add a little salt and seasoning to the mixture. Then carefully pour this mixture over the zucchini and vegetables, filling all the gaps.

Step 7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the zucchini casserole with tomatoes and cheese for 30-35 minutes until golden brown. Bon appetit!

Chicken casserole in the oven

Chicken casserole in the oven, as with dietary meat that does not require complex processing, will be an excellent dish for both adults and children. Usually chicken casserole is supplemented with vegetables, cereals or pasta, but in this recipe we cook only from chicken meat. The binding ingredients are an egg with flour and kefir, which will make the dish tender and juicy.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 400 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Kefir – 7 tbsp.
• Flour – 4 tbsp.
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the onion and garlic cloves.

Step 2. Rinse the chicken fillet with cold water and cut into pieces. Then, using any kitchen gadget, grind the fillet, garlic and onion into minced meat.

Step 3. Transfer it to a separate bowl, break a chicken egg and add salt and pepper to your personal taste.

Step 4. Then pour kefir of any fat content into the minced meat and add soda. Mix these ingredients with a spoon.

Step 5. Lastly, add wheat flour to the minced meat and mix everything again.

Step 6. Grease the baking dish generously with any oil. Place the prepared minced meat in an even layer and cover with a piece of foil.

Step 7. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Bake the casserole for 30 minutes. Then remove the foil and continue baking for another 10 minutes until the dish is golden brown. Carefully transfer the prepared chicken casserole to a serving dish.

Step 8. Cut the casserole into portions, decorate with herbs and serve for lunch, adding a side dish or salad. Bon appetit!

Oven Mac and Cheese Casserole

There are many lovers of casseroles and pasta, but pasta casserole, and in this recipe with cheese, is rarely prepared. Adding any form of pasta with cheese, egg, minced meat or vegetables and baking in the oven gives the dish a new and unusual taste. Bake the boiled horns in cheese sauce and take two types of cheese. The casserole will be similar to the famous Mac and Cheese.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 150 gr.
• Milk – 220 ml.
• Semi-hard cheese – 150 gr.
• Hard cheese – 50 gr.
• Flour – 30 gr.
• Butter – 25 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Paprika - to taste.
• Nutmeg - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Boil the selected pasta in water with added salt. Measure out the remaining ingredients for the casserole according to the recipe proportions..

Step 2. Melt the butter in a saucepan and lightly fry the wheat flour in it.

Step 3. Pour warm milk into the fried flour and, stirring constantly and over low heat, cook the sauce to a thick and uniform texture.

Step 4. Then add the spices and seasonings indicated in the recipe to the sauce and mix well. Grind two types of cheese on a fine grater. Pour most of it into the hot sauce and stir until completely dissolved.

Step 5. Drain the boiled pasta in a colander and place in a greased pan. Pour the prepared cheese sauce over them and sprinkle evenly with the remaining grated cheese. Bake the dish in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for 10-15 minutes until the cheese crust on top is golden brown. Serve the prepared macaroni and cheese casserole hot. Bon appetit!

Cauliflower Casserole

Cauliflower casserole may be a good option for you in a line of dishes based on this tasty and healthy vegetable. In this recipe we prepare a casserole only from cabbage, without adding other ingredients. Bake in sour cream and cheese sauce with seasonings. The recipe is the simplest, but the dish will turn out delicious.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Cauliflower – 600 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Sour cream – 100 gr.
• Hard cheese – 150 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Nutmeg - to taste.
• Butter – 20 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, prepare a simple set of ingredients for the casserole according to the recipe and the number of servings you need.

Step 2. Using a knife, divide the head of cauliflower into separate small inflorescences and rinse them well under running water. Cabbage from your garden may have insects, so soak it in salt water, but cabbage from the store is always clean.

Step 3. Boil the inflorescences for 5 minutes in water with added salt.

Step 4. Transfer the boiled cabbage from boiling water to cold water so that it retains its crispy taste, and then drain in a colander to remove excess liquid.

Step 5. In a separate bowl, whisk together two chicken eggs with sour cream of any fat content.

Step 6. Grind a piece of hard cheese on a medium grater and mix half of this mass with the sour cream mixture.

Step 7. Then add cabbage inflorescences to this mixture, sprinkle with salt and seasonings to your taste, and mix everything carefully.

Step 8. Grease one large or portioned baking dish generously with butter. Place the cauliflower in the pan along with the sauce.

Step 9. Sprinkle it evenly with the remaining grated cheese.

Step 10. Bake the casserole in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes until golden brown.

Step 11. Serve the cauliflower casserole hot in ramekins or cut into portions. Bon appetit!

Vegetable casserole in the oven

Vegetable casseroles in the oven in any version and with any set of vegetables, even frozen, are a popular, healthy, tasty and at the same time low-calorie dish. In this recipe for the casserole we take eggplants with zucchini and sweet peppers, and the tomatoes will “play” the role of filling, instead of the traditional one, with egg and milk. Vegetable casserole made from raw vegetables takes longer to cook, but the flavor is rich.

Cooking time: 1 hour 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Eggplants – 500 gr.
• Tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• Bell pepper – 150 gr.
• Zucchini – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 1 head.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Fresh parsley - 6 sprigs.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare all the vegetables selected for the casserole. Peel the onions and garlic. Remove the seeds with partitions from the peppers. You can leave the skin on young zucchini. Then rinse the vegetables and dry with a napkin. Cut the onion and bell pepper into cubes. Grind the garlic in a garlic grinder. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry chopped onion and chopped garlic in it..

Step 2. Add the chopped peppers to it and fry over medium heat until translucent.

Step 3. Cut the eggplants, tomatoes and zucchini into thin slices.

Step 4. Place the fried vegetables in an even layer in a baking dish.

Step 5.On top of them, place mugs of eggplant, tomatoes and zucchini vertically and tightly in layers.

Step 6. Then sprinkle the vegetables with salt, black pepper and finely chopped parsley to your personal taste.

Step 7. Cover the vegetables with a piece of foil and place in the oven at 170°C for 1.5 hours. The prepared vegetable casserole with a delicate taste and delicate aroma can be served at the table. Bon appetit!

Potato casserole with mushrooms in the oven

Potatoes and mushrooms are combined in different cooking options, and one of them can be potato casserole with mushrooms in the oven. In this recipe we use mashed potatoes. Fry mushrooms (champignons) with sweet peppers and onions in tomato-soy sauce, which will give the casserole a new piquant taste. The dish is well suited to a Lenten or diet table, and is prepared simply and quickly.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Mushrooms – 400 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp.
• Soy sauce – 1 tbsp.
• Seasonings - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare all ingredients for the casserole according to the recipe. Rinse vegetables and champignons well under running water. Peel potatoes, peppers and onions.

Step 2. Boil the peeled potatoes in salted water and make a homogeneous puree from them in any way, leaving part of the broth and adding two tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Step 3. Cut the onion and sweet pepper into small cubes. Cut the mushrooms into slices.

Step 4. In a bowl, mix the tomato and soy sauce well with two tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Step 5.Heat a spoonful of oil in a frying pan and fry chopped onions with sweet peppers and seasonings to personal taste (Provencal herbs, black pepper, etc.) for 5 minutes. Add mushroom slices to them and fry while stirring until the mushroom juice has completely evaporated. Then pour in the prepared sauce, stir and turn off the heat.

Step 6. Place the mixture of champignons and vegetables in the sauce in an even layer in a baking dish. Place mashed potatoes on top of it in an even layer.

Step 7. Cook the casserole in the oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes. Then turn on the “Grill” mode for 5 minutes to get a golden brown crust.

Step 8. Serve the prepared potato casserole with mushrooms hot for lunch. The puree and mushroom filling can be placed in containers and baked in portioned molds before the meal. Bon appetit!