Pumpkin croquettes with carrots and cheese (in the oven)

Even those who don't like pumpkin will surely enjoy this dish. Pumpkin croquettes with carrots and cheese, baked in the oven, are very tasty and tender, with an appetizing crust and melted cheese filling. By the way, making these croquettes is not difficult at all!

Ingredients

• Pumpkin - 400 g (peeled - 330 g)
• Onion - 85 g
• Hard cheese - 65 g
• Carrot - 60 g
• Breadcrumbs - 20-30 g
• Dried parsley - 1 teaspoon
• Vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon
• Salt - to taste

Directions

1. We clean the pumpkin and cut it into small pieces 0.5-1 cm thick. We put the pumpkin in a microwave-safe dish.
2. We cover the dishes with a lid and put in the microwave for 5-7 minutes at a power of 800 watts. Pumpkin should be soft.
3. Mash the pumpkin into a puree.
4. If there is a lot of juice in the finished pumpkin, put the pumpkin on a sieve and squeeze out the excess liquid.
5. We clean the carrots and onions. We rub the carrots on a medium grater, onions - on a large one. Squeeze the chopped onion from excess liquid.
6. In a bowl, combine boiled pumpkin, chopped onions and carrots. Add salt.
7. We mix everything well.
8. We rub the cheese on a large grater.
9. Turn on the oven to heat up to 180 degrees.
10. We divide the mass of the pumpkin into 5 equal parts. From each part we form a cake. It is most convenient to form a cake in the palm of your hand.
11. Cheese is also divided into 5 parts. Put a piece of cheese in the middle of the pumpkin tortilla.
12. We wrap the cheese in a cake and form a spherical croquette. So we form croquettes from the remaining pumpkin mass and cheese - in total we get 5 pieces.
13. In a bowl, combine breadcrumbs and dried parsley.
14. We mix.
15. Roll the croquettes in the mixture.
16. We cover the form or baking sheet with parchment. Grease the parchment with vegetable oil and lay out the croquettes.
17. Bake pumpkin croquettes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 25 minutes.
18. Transfer the finished pumpkin croquettes with cheese to a plate and serve. Bon appetit!