Meat, fish & poultry

Spain

Stuffed ham

Total cooking time: approx. 15-21 minutes

Utensils: Bowl with lid (2 Iitre capacity) Shallow oval gratin dish with lid or microwave cling film (approx. 26 cm long)

Ingredients

125 g fresh spinach, with stalks removed

125 g quark (6% fat)

40 g grated Emmental cheese pepper

paprika, mild

6slices cooked ham (300 g)

125ml water

125ml cream

2 tbsp

flour (20 g)

2 tbsp

butter or margarine (20 g)

1 tsp

butter or margarine to grease the dish

Tip: You can also use ready-made béchamel sauce for this recipe.

Greece

Pot roast with green beans

Total cooking time: approx. 20-24 minutes

Utensils: Bowl with lid (2 litre capacity) Ingredients

1-2 tomatoes (100 g)

400 g lamb without bones

1 tsp butter or margarine to grease the dish

1 onion (50 g), finely chopped

1clove of garlic, crushed salt & pepper

sugar

250 g tinned green beans

Tip: If you use fresh beans, these must be cooked in advance.

1.Cut the spinach finely, mix with the quark and the cheese and season to taste.

2.Place a tablespoon of the filling on each slice of the cooked ham and roll up. Secure the ham with a wooden toothpick.

3.Make a béchamel sauce. To do this, pour the liquid

into the dish, cover and heat.

3-4 min. 800 W

Rub the butter into the flour, add to the liquid and beat with a balloon whisk, until it is smooth. Cover,

bring to the boil until thickened.

approx. 1 min. 800 W Stir and taste.

4.Pour the sauce into the greased dish, place the ham rolls in the dish and cook with the lid on. To brown the top, remove the lid and place the dish on the rack.

1.6-9 min. 800 W

2.5-7 min. 400 W

Allow the ham rolls to stand for approximately 5 minutes after cooking.

1.Peel the tomatoes, cut out the stalks and purée in a food processor.

2.Cut the lamb into large cubes. Grease the dish with butter. Add the meat, the diced onion and crushed

garlic clove, season, cover dish and cook.

9-11 min. 800 W

3.Add the beans and the puréed tomatoes to the meat

and continue to cook with the lid on.

11-13 min. 560 W

Allow the meat to stand for approximately 5 minutes after cooking.

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Electrolux MCD1751E, MCD1761E Stuffed ham, Pot roast with green beans, Greece, Approx min W Stir and taste

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