A modern person does not always have time to have breakfast, lunch is often in a hurry, and only at dinner he can completely relax and experience the pleasure of eating. Therefore, one of the main requirements for dinner is that it must be delicious. Nutritionists are firmly convinced that it must include protein foods. Both can be provided by meat, in particular, beef.
Potato casserole with meat and mushrooms
Ingredients:
- fresh potatoes - 6 pcs.;
- minced beef - 400 g;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- mushrooms - 200 g;
- hard cheese - 200 g;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- fresh herbs for decoration.
To fill:
- sour cream - ½ cup;
- chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Wash potato tubers, peel, cut into thin slices. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Mushrooms (preferably forest mushrooms, with them the dish will turn out to be as fragrant as possible), rinse thoroughly under the tap and cut into strips. Season the ground beef with salt and pepper, mix with the mushrooms. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil and put half of the total amount of potatoes in it. Season with salt and pepper. lay onion half rings on top of the potatoes (if desired, you can pre-fry them). Next, put the minced meat with mushrooms and sprinkle with half of the total amount of grated cheese on top. Cover everything with potatoes, salt and pepper.
Mix all the ingredients required for pouring in a cup (pass the garlic through a press) and pour the contents of the mold. Place the dish in an oven preheated to 180-200 ° C for 15-20 minutes. Remove, sprinkle with remaining grated cheese and return to oven for 3-5 minutes to melt cheese. Garnish with herbs and serve.
Beef in puff pastry
Ingredients:
- beef - 1 kg;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- white cabbage - 1 kg;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- frozen puff pastry without yeast - 1 package.
Boil the meat in salted water. Peel and chop the onion. Chop the cabbage finely and fry in a pan with onions (salt). If the cabbage does not produce enough juice during frying, add a little water and simmer until tender. Disassemble the boiled meat into fibers and mix with cabbage and onions. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Roll out the defrosted puff pastry and cut into small squares. Put the filling on each of them and seal, connecting the corners of the dough in the form of a bag, and put on a baking sheet, greased with vegetable oil or lined with edible paper. Place in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for 20 minutes (the dough should brown).
Beef with carrots
Ingredients:
- beef tenderloin - 800 g;
- fresh carrots - 800 g;
- onions - 2 pcs.;
- fresh tomatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- beef broth - 1 l;
- orange juice - 1/3 cup;
- vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Cut the beef tenderloin into large pieces. Peel the onion, chop smaller. Wash the carrots, peel and cut into 0.5 cm thick slices. Chop the garlic with a knife. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, peel them off and cut into cubes.
Pour vegetable oil into a deep frying pan and, when it boils, put the chopped meat and fry over high heat until golden brown. Add chopped onions and sauté with the meat for 5-10 minutes. Reduce heat. Pour in orange juice, let it simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add carrots, tomatoes, garlic. Pour in the broth (if there is no meat broth, use vegetable broth), salt and pepper, bring to a boil, cover and simmer over low heat until tender (the meat should become soft). Serve with mashed potatoes.
