Casserants love both children and adults. Prepare them easily, because there are a lot of recipes for this delicious dish, and they are prepared from a variety of products. But, in order to make you happy, you must strictly follow the recipe and know a few tricks of cooking a delicious casserole.
If you study history, it is unlikely to find information about the time when the first casseroles appeared. Perhaps it happened in ancient Rome, it is known that there they cooked a baked dish of crushed meat. Similar dishes were also found among the Egyptians and Greeks.
Italian casserole - lasagna
Over time, the casserole in Italy has transformed into lasagna, which is a dish of thin layers of pasta and various fillings.
The peculiarity of macaroni baked goods from Italy is the use of pre-boiled ingredients - meat, fish, vegetables. Then all this is rearranged with layers of undercooked pasta, watered with sauce and baked until cooked.
The main thing, when preparing the casserole correctly choose the ingredients and the time of their preparation, so that the dish does not turn into a boiled mash. Therefore it is necessary to use macaroni only from durum wheat.
As a sauce for this casserole, cream with eggs is most often used and aromatic herbs and spices are added. Before baking the casserole, sprinkle with grated cheese.
Casseroles from England to Russia
If you take an example of casseroles from English cuisine, here it is called somewhat unusual for us. Baked pudding, which is prepared in a water bath, the British have a casserole.
And in Russia the first casseroles appeared a very long time ago. All thanks to a Russian stove, in which such dishes are perfectly baked. Most of the casseroles were prepared from the rests of cereals, which were filled with egg-milk mixture.
Later we had pasta and potatoes, of which casseroles also began to make.
Casserole casseroles: from hot to sweet
Casseroles are also common among the peoples of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Popular here are vegetable and curd casseroles. And the cottage cheese is used not to prepare a sweet casserole, like most other peoples, it is cooked with vegetables, herbs and garlic. And served with a casserole with something sharp.
In addition to hearty pasta or potato casseroles, a delicious and delicious dish is a sweet casserole. Especially popular with us is the cottage cheese casserole. Often such a casserole is fed in kindergartens or schools.
In the modern world there are a large number of recipes for casseroles, for every taste, from a variety of products. This dish is very nutritious and useful, as it is baked in the oven.