This is a less healthy variant of https://www.skinnytaste.com/sicilian-rice-ball-casserole/
1/2 Medium Red Onion
3 cloves garlic
1/2 Cauliflower
2 Cups uncooked Jasmati Rice
3/4 lbs Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese grated
1/2 cup Progresso Italian Style Breadcrumbs
5 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
1 whole egg
1 egg white
1 lb Ground Pork
* Olive Oil
* Cooking Spray
* Salt
* Black pepper
* Garlic Powder
* Dry Basil
Tools:
13x9 Oven safe casserole dish
Small oven safe dish (for roasting cauliflower)
Large skillet for pork
2 qt saucepan
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a small oven save dish, add olive oil, cauliflower, salt and pepper. Put in the oven and roast until it has started to brown.
In a 2 qt saucepan bring vegetable broth with salt to a boil. Add 2 cups of jasmati rice, cover and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes.
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Dice onion and mince garlic, add to skillet with salt & pepper. While cooking, flatten out pork and season with salt, pepper, garlic and basil and fold into the ends over. Once the onion/garlic mix has become fragrant and starts to become translucent, spread to the outside of the skillet and add pork breaking up as it browns on one side. Once cooked through and broken up into small pieces (think taco meat) add enough sauce to mix through but not cover the pork. Cover with a lid leaving partially open and reduce to a simmer for about 20 minutes.
In a separate bowl, mix together Parmesan cheese, egg, egg white, and cooked rice with about 1 pint of sauce. Mix thoroughly until well incorporated and set aside.
Prepare oven safe casserole dish by spraying all sides and adding 1/4 cup of the breadcrumbs, spreading around until all sides of the dish are coated in breadcrumb. Add a 1/2" layer of the rice mixture, cover with pork combined with chopped cauliflower. Add 1/4 lb of grated mozzarella then cover with another 1/2" layer of rice mixture.
Top with remaining 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs and remaining mozzarella cheese.
Bake in oven for 30 - 45 minutes until breadcrumbs have toasted and cheese has melted with a good crust.
Serving:
Remove from oven and serve in squares as you would lasagna.
