Rice and Minced Meat Casserole with Apples

This original recipe does not require much labor and exotic products from you. Such a casserole with minced meat and rice owes its peculiar taste to the addition of apples to the meat filling.

Ingredients

• Rice – 1.5-2 cups
• Butter – 30 g
• Vegetable oil – 30 g
• Bulb onions – 1-2 pcs.
• Minced meat – 500-600 g
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp
• Apple – 1-2 pcs.
• Hard cheese – 150-200 g
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper – to taste

Directions

1. Recipe products for rice and minced meat casseroles with apples in front of you.

   

2. How to make rice and minced meat casserole with apples:
3. Rinse the rice.
4. Pour rice with cold water (about 4 glasses), bring to a boil, salt, add vegetable oil (1-2 tablespoons). Cook over low heat until tender (about 20-25 minutes).
5. Peel the onion, wash, cut into cubes.
6. Preheat a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil. Put prepared onion into hot oil. Simmer finely chopped onions in vegetable oil (2-3 minutes, over medium heat).
7. Add minced meat to the onion.
8. Fry the minced meat, stirring occasionally, for 5-7 minutes over medium heat.
9. Turn on the oven and preheat to 180 degrees.
10. Wash, peel apples and seeds. Grate on a coarse grater.
11. Add tomato paste to the minced meat.
12. Also, add grated peeled apples. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. The minced meat must be cooked to readiness. To do this, simmer it over low heat for about 10 minutes. Grease the form.
13. Put half of the rice in a greased dish. And then – cooked minced meat. And on top is the remaining half of the rice.
14. Grate the hard cheese on a coarse grater. Smooth the surface of the rice, sprinkle with grated cheese, spread the pieces of butter on top.
15. Place the dish in the oven on the middle shelf. Bake the rice casserole with meat and apples in the oven at 180 degrees until golden brown (about 30 minutes).

    

16. Rice and minced meat casserole with apples are ready.

Enjoy your meal!