Squash, like zucchini, belong to the pumpkin family. The name of these fancy vegetables comes from the French word pate, which translates as pie (squash is shaped like round pies). In terms of their taste, they surpass zucchini, and in terms of useful properties, they are not inferior to pumpkins. Squash are rich in fiber, mineral salts and vitamin C. They can be used to prepare a lot of delicious dishes. Patissons are fried, stewed, baked, pickled and salted.
Stuffed squash recipe
To prepare this delicious, nutritious meal, you will need the following foods:
- 3 squash (400 g each);
- 500 g ground beef;
- 3 carrots;
- 3 onions;
- 3 eggs;
- 120 g of grated cheese;
- 6 tbsp. l. chopped parsley;
- 3 tsp mustard;
- vegetable oil;
- marjoram;
- ground black pepper;
- salt.
Peel the squash very carefully, then cut it lengthwise into halves and take out the core with a tablespoon, making a kind of baking pots. Then add salt to the inside of the vegetables, and when juice forms, drain it.
Peel the onions and carrots and chop finely - the onions into small pieces, and the carrots into thin strips. Transfer the onions and carrots to a deep frying pan and lightly fry in vegetable oil, then add the minced beef, mix well and fry everything together until the minced meat is cooked. Then remove from heat and cool.
Hard-boiled chicken eggs, chill, peel and finely chop with a knife. Add minced eggs, chopped parsley, prepared mustard, marjoram, pepper and salt to the minced meat fried with vegetables. Mix everything thoroughly and stuff the halves of the squash with the prepared filling. Sprinkle with grated cheese on top, wrap in foil and bake in the oven at 180-200 ° C for 20 minutes.
Herculean casserole with squash and apple
To prepare a healthy casserole with squash and apple according to this recipe, you need to take:
- 200 g of Hercules oat flakes;
- 100 g of squash;
- 1 apple;
- 2 eggs;
- ½ cup flour;
- ½ glass of milk;
- 1 tbsp. l. sour cream;
- 1 tbsp. l. butter;
- 1 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
- salt;
- bread crumbs.
Pour 3 cups of cold water into a saucepan and boil it. Salt, add Hercules oat flakes to boiling water, stir and cook the porridge until tender (it should be thick). Then remove from heat and cool.
Wash the squash and apple, peel, cut into small cubes and add to the cooled porridge. Pour in wheat flour, beat in one raw egg, pour in milk, salt, sweeten and mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
Grease a refractory mold with butter and sprinkle with ground breadcrumbs. Then lay out the oatmeal mass, level it, brush the surface with the egg-sour cream mixture and bake in the oven at 200 ° C until golden brown (about 40 minutes).
Before serving, decorate the herculean casserole with squash and apple with finely chopped herbs and, if desired, pour over sour cream.
