Bitotsjki
Pumpkin lasagna
- 500 GRAM MINCED BEEF
- 50 GRAM RAISINS, chopped
- 50 GRAM WALNUTS, chopped
- 1 ONION, chopped
- 2 EGGS
- HANDFUL PARSLEY, chopped
- 50 GRAM FLOUR
- 50 GRAM BREADCRUMBS
- 400 GRAM LASAGNA SHEETS, home made or bought
- 2 EGGS
- 400 GRAM COTTAGE CHEESE
- 500 GRAM PUMPKIN, peeled and cubed
- 150 GRAM BACON, cubed
- 150 GRAM CHEESE, grated
- 1 RED PEPPER, chopped
- HANDFUL SAGE LEAVES, chopped
- 1 CUP MILK
- 2 TBSP CORN STARCH
Stir fry the onion 3 minutes and allow it to cool down. Mix the minced beef with the raisins, the walnuts, the onion, 1 egg and the parsley and pepper and salt to taste. Make 16 meatballs out of this mixture. Roll these first through flour, then through beaten egg and finally through breadcrumbs. Heat a good layer of oil and fry the meatballs brown on all sides in 5 minutes.
Bitotsjki is a recipe from Russia. On 7 May 1895, Alexander Popov invented the radio and in 1945 this day became "Communication Workers' Day" or simply "Radio Day". Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and celebration.
Cook the pumpkin 20 minutes and mash it together with the sage leaves and the pepper. Stir fry the bacon and add it to the pumpkin. Mix the cottage cheese with the eggs and half of the cheese and add salt and pepper to taste. Dissolve the corn starch in a few tablespoons milk. Bring the rest of the milk to the boil, add the corn starch mixture and heat, while stirring, until the sauce thickens. Add the remaining cheese, keep a little behind. Put one third of the pumpkin mixture in a lasagna dish, cover with lasagna sheets, add one third of the cottage cheese mixture, cover with lasagna sheets. Repeat this twice. Pour the cheese sauce on top and sprinkle with some cheese. Bake the lasagna 30 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
Lasagna is popular food in Italy. On 25 April 1945, de allied forces freed Italy from Mussolini. Click on culinary calendar for more links between cooking and historical events.
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