Mexican squash

Total: 40 min. | Active: 15 min.
lactose-free

Ingredients

for 4 people

Meat
1 tbsp olive oil
400 g minced meat (beef and pork)
onion, finely chopped
garlic cloves, finely chopped
200 g parboiled rice
1 tsp cumin
6 dl beef bouillon
2 tbsp vinegar
Squash
2 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp cayenne pepper
½ tsp salt
600 g squash (e.g. Hokkaido incl. skin) cut into approx. 3 cm slices
Bake
100 g Cheddar, coarsely grated
½ bunch coriander, roughly chopped

How it's done

Meat

Heat the oil in an ovenproof frying pan. Brown the meat for approx. 3 mins. per batch, remove. Add the meat, onion and garlic, fry for approx. 2 mins. Add the rice and cumin, sauté while stirring until the rice is translucent. Pour in the stock and vinegar, bring to the boil.

Squash

Combine the oil, cayenne pepper and salt, brush the slices of squash with the mixture, place on top of the rice.

Bake

Approx. 25 mins. in the upper half of an oven preheated to 220 °C. Remove, sprinkle the cheese and coriander on top of the squash.

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