Veg & cheesy rice bake

Veg & cheesy rice bake

Use risotto rice with melty cheddar as a topping for this vegetarian cottage pie-style batch bake with aubergines and courgettes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Sweat the onion in the oil for 10 mins, until soft and lightly golden. Add the courgettes and aubergine. Fry until golden brown. Add the tomatoes and some seasoning, then cover and simmer for 30 mins, uncovering for the final 15 mins if using fresh tomatoes. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
  2. Meanwhile, cook the rice in a large pot of salted boiling water for 20 mins, or until tender. Drain and mix with the eggs and two-thirds of the cheese.
  3. Put the courgette and tomato mix in an ovenproof dish. Spoon the rice mixture over and smooth it out. Sprinkle over the rest of the cheese. Bake for 30 mins until bubbling and golden.

PER SERVING

443 kcalories, protein 20.0g, carbohydrate 48.0g, fat 19.0 g, saturated fat 9.0g, fibre 6.0g, sugar 8.0g, salt 0.8 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2012.

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  • 23 September 2012

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This seemed to take an age to make but the end result was very good. Left out the aubergine and used a small butternut squash instead which I roasted for 20 minutes in a hot oven before adding to the other vegetables.

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  • 24 September 2012

    benn1234321 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • 24 September 2012

    brenda commented on this recipe

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  • 24 September 2012

    Siubhanmac rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Made this for dinner this evening, replaced the Auvergne with yellow pepper, used tinned tomatoes and added 1/2 tsp sugar, teaspoon of Italian seasoning & good pinch of roasted paprika. It was good, served with quorn sausages and everyone liked it, next time I may cook and slice the sausages & incorporate them into the filling, nice unusual topping. Would make this again .

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  • 05 October 2012

    jenni_c rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent idea for a vegetable bake, love the rice topping. Added mushrooms to the other vegetables, a pinch of chilli flakes to the tomatoes and some chopped fresh basil before the bake. Will use a stronger cheese next time and maybe add a little parmsan to the top. Delicious and a perfect student group meal, easily doubled

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  • 05 October 2012

    jenni_c commented on this recipe

    Also added some red wine with the tomatoes- yum!

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  • 08 October 2012

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This didn't quite hit the spot enough for me, despite adding garlic and a red chilli. I followed the cooking times, but I think the vegetables were just not quite "unctious" enough. Would probably chop them smaller and cook down for longer, to make more of a ragu, if I was to do it again. The topping is a bit like savoury rice pudding!

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  • 27 October 2012

    vickivale rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really liked this. Did lack a bit of a flavour punch - seasoned it up to the max before and it was lovely.

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  • 30 October 2012

    Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just delicious.... I added some Marigold Swiss vegetable bouillon in the vegetable mixture and used a carton of chopped tomatoes with herbs. Even my carnivorous partner thought it was superb and my fussy vegetarian 18 year-old pronounced it "gorgeous".

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 5 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

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PER SERVING

443 kcalories, protein 20.0g, carbohydrate 48.0g, fat 19.0 g, saturated fat 9.0g, fibre 6.0g, sugar 8.0g, salt 0.8 g

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