Squid stuffed with mushrooms rice and cheese in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make squid stuffed with mushrooms rice and cheese in the oven? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Take medium-sized squid. Cheese - any hard or semi-hard. Rice will fit round. It contains more starchy substances. Thanks to them, rice perfectly absorbs moisture and flavors, and also holds the filling together well. Take champignons of white color without spots and damage, the smell of rot. They should not be slippery to the touch.

2. Step 2:

   

   Use a saucepan to cook rice. Rinse the rice several times, fill it with water based on the calculation that 2 cups of water should be taken for one glass of rice. Cook first on high heat, bringing to a boil, then on low heat under the lid until all the water evaporates. The rice should be cooked until ready. Cool it completely.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel and rinse the onions and carrots. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the onion into small cubes. In this form, the vegetables will fry faster and give the filling a beautiful shade. Heat a frying pan, carefully, so as not to get burned, pour 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil on it and put the chopped vegetables.

4. Step 4:

   

   Fry the onion and carrot simultaneously over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel, rinse and finely chop the champignons. With this cutting, the filling will be more homogeneous. Add mushrooms to onions and carrots. Champignons can be replaced with boletus or buttermilk, but take into account the difference in the sequence and cooking time.

6. Step 6:

   

   Fry until all the liquid from the mushrooms evaporates.

7. Step 7:

   

   Grate the cheese on a fine grater and put it in the refrigerator for now.

9. Step 8:

   

   Clean the squid from the top film. The easiest way to do this is to lower them into boiling water for a few seconds. The film will curdle, rinse the squid thoroughly under cold water. Remove the spine of the squid and the insides, if any.

10. Step 9:

    

    Carefully cut and finely chop the squid tails.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the cooled rice and vegetables with mushrooms, cheese, chopped squid fins into a deep container, add salt and pepper to taste. If desired, leave a little cheese for sprinkling hot squid (step 14).

12. Step 11:

    

    Mix the filling until smooth.

13. Step 12:

    

    Stuff the squid with stuffing, carefully so as not to damage the walls. It is not necessary to fill it too much, the squid will decrease a little more in volume when baking. Place in a heat-resistant mold, lightly greased with vegetable oil.

14. Step 13:

    

    Fasten the holes with toothpicks. Cover the mold tightly with foil.

15. Step 14:

    

    Bake in a preheated 150 degree oven for 10-15 minutes. The exact time depends on the capabilities of your oven. The finished squid will turn white and slightly decrease in size. Remember, so that the squid does not become rubbery, they can not be baked for a long time. Remove the baking sheet from the oven, sprinkle with grated cheese on top, cover with foil again and leave for another 10 minutes to walk.