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Ross il-Forn

Name: Ross il-Forn
Total time: 80 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malta
Ingredients: 1 1/2 gō (Japanese rice cups) Rice; 250g Mixed ground meat; 1 Onion; 1/2 can Canned tomatoes; 2 Egg; 40g Parmesan cheese; A pinch Turmeric; 2 tsp Chicken bouillon; 1 tbsp Olive oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; 500ml Water

Rice

⏱ 80 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice combined with ground meat, tomato, egg, and cheese and baked in the oven — Malta's baked rice.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Ross il-forn means 'rice baked in the oven,' a Maltese home dish of raw rice combined with ground meat tomato sauce, beaten egg, cheese, and stock and baked. Homes once had no ovens, so it was customary to have it baked in the village bakery's oven on Sundays.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday morning in a Maltese village, residents bring their dishes to the bakery and return at noon to collect the baked rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 1 1/2 gō (Japanese rice cups)
Mixed ground meat 250g
Onion 1
Canned tomatoes 1/2 can
Egg 2
Parmesan cheese 40g
Turmeric A pinch
Chicken bouillon 2 tsp
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 500ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sauté the onion and ground meat in olive oil, add the canned tomatoes, and simmer 5 minutes.
Add the rinsed rice, turmeric, and salt and mix.
Transfer to an ovenproof dish and pour in boiling water with chicken stock powder dissolved in it.
Mix the beaten egg and cheese and pour over the top.
Bake at 180°C for 50 minutes until the rice is tender and the top browned.

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