Meat & Cheese Pasta Casserole

Meat and cheese pasta casserole: another in a series of one-pan, under an hour recipes. Chewy and soft, you get all the necessary ingredients in this one, your carbs and proteins. Just add a salad for some greens.

Baked pasta with cheese is another one of my sister’s recipes. You’ll like this one. It’s like a sexy little casserole. And I abhor casseroles (except moussaka) so you can trust that this one is really good. There are a couple of steps to be done simultaneously. If you’re an organized type of person, this should be a dream come true: a few things done at the same time, all which cumulate in a wonderful bowl (or plate) of chewy, soft, stretchy pasta with cheese, dotted with ground beef in just the right places.

And if you’re disorganized, making this pasta will be a Mr. Bean kind of experience

Baked Pasta With Cheese Recipe (Zapečeni Makaroni)

Aida

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Course Main Course

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ MEAT SAUCE
• ▢ 3 tablespoons oil
• ▢ 1 yellow onion large, diced
• ▢ 3 garlic cloves minced
• ▢ 1 carrot minced
• ▢ 1 pound ground veal or beef
• ▢ 1 to mato skinned and diced
• ▢ 1 cup tomato sauce
• ▢ 1 teaspoon sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ▢ ½ teaspoon basil
• ▢ ½ teaspoon oregano
• ▢ 1 tablespoon dried parsley or handful of fresh, minced
• ▢ TOPPING
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 14 ounces heavy cream
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ PASTA
• ▢ 1 pound tube pasta or similar
• ▢ 1 cup parmesan cheese or edam or gouda, grated
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter for the pan

Instructions

 

• In a deep pan heat oil on medium, then add onion and garlic. Simmer, then add the carrot. Stir and simmer 3-4 minutes, then add ground beef. Stir and continue simmering for 5-7 minutes. Finally add the tomato, tomato sauce, sugar and spices. Stir well until everything is integrated and simmer an additional 10-12 minutes.
• Fill another pot with water for pasta, and bring to boil on high. Add pasta and lower to medium. Stir frequently and cook until pasta is halfway done. Drain and transfer to a pan that's been buttered. (Pan size: 9in x 13.5in, or a little bigger.) Heat oven to 480F.
• In a bowl, whisk eggs, heavy cream and salt until smooth.
• Pour the meat sauce over pasta and stir with a spatula. Finally, pour the topping sauce evenly over the pasta and meat sauce, and do not stir this time.
• Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Lower the temperature to 390F and bake an additional 5-6 minutes. Take out and top with grated cheese. Return to the oven for 3-4 minutes, or until the cheese melts. Eat while warm.

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