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One-pot beef moussaka pilaf
Moussaka plus rice is twice as nice! Sizzled beef mince, aubergine and onion are a perfect base for some simple mealtime maths, with garlic, cinnamon and oregano adding to the appeal. A short simmer in a sun-dried tomato stock, add some fluffy rice and you’re ready to divide between hungry diners!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 4
one pot
Serving size
Ingredients
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp dried oregano (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Water, Sun Dried Tomato (Sun dried tomatoes, Salt), Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar 12%, Salt, Ground Oregano, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 140g basmati rice
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 onion
- 1 aubergine
- 2 garlic clove
Nutritional Information
Calories: 496
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 76g
Fat: 7.2g
Ingredients
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp dried oregano (Dried Rubbed Oregano 100%.)
- 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Water, Sun Dried Tomato (Sun dried tomatoes, Salt), Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar 12%, Salt, Ground Oregano, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
- 280g basmati rice
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 2 onion
- 2 aubergine
- 4 garlic clove
- 1 beef stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 495
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 76g
Fat: 7.2g
One-pot beef moussaka pilaf
Moussaka plus rice is twice as nice! Sizzled beef mince, aubergine and onion are a perfect base for some simple mealtime maths, with garlic, cinnamon and oregano adding to the appeal. A short simmer in a sun-dried tomato stock, add some fluffy rice and you’re ready to divide between hungry diners!
Cook time:
35 mins
Cuisine:
European
Food group:
Beef
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 large non stick frying pan with a lid.
Peel, dice & crush
- Peel the onions and cut each into 8 wedges, then dice the aubergines into 2cm chunks. Peel and crush the garlic.
Create a stir!
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions and aubergines for 5 mins. Add the garlic and mince, sprinkle in the cinnamon and oregano and cook for 3 mins.
Steam the rice
- Stir the tomato paste, rice and passata into the pan. Crumble in half the stock cube (all of it for 4 portions), pour in 400ml water (600ml for 4 portions) and stir well.
- Turn the heat down to medium-low and simmer for 12-15 mins (15-18 mins for 4 portions) with the lid on, until the rice is cooked.
Add your final flourish
- Finely chop the parsley, stir it into the rice and serve.