Soul food for cold days
Autumnal enjoyment: recipe for a hearty casserole with pumpkin, minced meat and feta
A pleasure for cold days. This recipe for a minced pumpkin casserole warms you from the inside.
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The autumn is here. In terms of cuisine, we adapt to the season with a hearty, delicious pumpkin casserole with minced meat and feta. The recipe.
So it’s high time to get the casserole dish out of the cupboard and preheat the oven. Because this recipe for a hearty casserole with pumpkin, minced meat and feta can be prepared in no time at all, tastes great for young and old alike and is still uncomplicated. The best thing: you only need a handful of basic ingredients that are essential for the casserole. If you have more leisure, pumpkin seeds, fresh herbs and other seasonal vegetables such as carrots, potatoes or leeks will spice things up. Here you can let off steam; there are virtually no limits to your imagination.
Recipe for a hearty casserole with pumpkin, minced meat and feta
Ingredients for four people
- 500 g minced beef
- 500 g chopped tomatoes
- 200 g sour cream
- 1 tsp vegetable broth powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 teaspoon paprika powder, very hot
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- salt and pepper
- 200g feta
- 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
preparation
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan oven.
- Peel the onion and garlic cloves and chop finely.
- Halve the pumpkin, remove the seeds and cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Heat some olive oil in a high pan. Add tomato paste, onion and garlic and sauté.
- Add the minced meat and fry until crumbly.
- Then put the pumpkin in the pan, fry it briefly and deglaze with the tomatoes and sour cream. Add vegetable broth, sugar, thyme, paprika powder and oregano, stir well and bring to the boil.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Put everything in a baking dish. Crumble the feta cheese over the casserole.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes.
- Arrange on plates and serve with pumpkin seeds.
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