Pasta and minced meat casserole in the oven with cheese

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

• Category:

  hotter

• Cooking time:

  1 hour

Ingredients

• pasta
• tomato paste
• ground meat
• carrot
• onion
• refined oil
• salt
• eggs
• cheese
• milk
• spices

Such a dish as a casserole of pasta and minced meat does not require large material and physical costs, and therefore deservedly enjoys special popularity among working housewives. A selection of step-by-step recipes with a photo will help to diversify the dishes that are familiar to everyone, cooked in the oven with cheese.

Quick casserole

In this recipe, we use half-baked products for the base. Therefore, the filling for the pasta and minced meat casserole in the oven with cheese must have a sufficient amount of liquid in its composition. Please note, the recipe is step by step, with a photo.

Base ingredients:

• 450 g thick pasta;
• 80 g tomato paste;
• 500 g of any minced meat;
• 120 g carrots;
• 130 g onions;
• 60 ml of refined oil;
• salt to taste.

Ingredients for pouring:

• 5 large chicken eggs;
• 120 g of hard cheese (any);
• 1 tbsp. fresh milk;
• salt and ground peppers to taste.

Preparation:

• Boil pasta in boiling water with vegetable oil until half cooked, discard them in a colander and rinse under running water.
• We wash and clean the vegetables, chop the onion in large pieces, grate the carrots with the largest holes.
• Mix the minced meat with spices, tomato paste and prepared vegetables.
• Put half of the pasta in an even layer in a fireproof mold.

Add minced meat on top, lightly crush it over the entire area of the casserole with the back of a large spoon

• Cover the mass with the remaining pasta.
• In a deep bowl, stir the milk and eggs with a fork or whisk, add seasonings and spices to the mixture to taste.

Fill the mold with the workpiece with a liquid mass

• Three grated cheese with large holes, cover the casserole over the entire area.
• We heat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees, send the workpiece into it for 60 minutes.
• As soon as the crust is browned on the treat, cover the casserole with foil.

The dish should be served hot, cut into portions. You can also serve tomato hot sauce or tartare.

Pasta casserole with minced meat and zucchini

As soon as the first summer vegetable appears in the garden, we advise you to please your household with a delicious and mouth-watering casserole made from pasta and minced meat with the addition of zucchini, cooked in the oven with cheese. According to the step-by-step recipe with a photo, the dish is prepared very quickly and is a complete meal for the whole family.

Ingredients:

• 300 g pasta;
• 300-400 g of minced chicken;
• 1 large onion;
• 2 medium young zucchini;
• 150 g of hard cheese;
• 400 ml fresh milk;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• young herbs, seasonings and spices to taste;
• 1 clove of garlic - optional.

Preparation:

We rub the zucchini thoroughly washed and dried with a towel on a coarse grater, mix with dry pasta

• Chop the onion into large cubes. We send to the previous components.
• Finely chop a generous portion of clean young greens. You can take dill and basil, or use one or the other.
• We send aromatic herbs and minced meat to the common dish. Here are three 50 g of hard cheese on the smallest grater. Gently mix the whole mass with a spatula so as not to break the pasta.

We fill the base for the pasta and minced meat casserole with cheese with any spices of our choice. It can be complex mixtures for chicken, salt and ground black pepper, Provencal herbs, etc

Lubricate the ceramic mold with butter, sprinkle with breadcrumbs or grated toasted bread

We spread the mass in a prepared container, level the surface with the back of a large spoon

• With a mixer, blender or fork, beat eggs, milk and a little salt into a homogeneous mass (no foam) in a deep bowl.
• Fill the mass in the form with a lion and slightly loosen the workpiece with a spatula. It is important that the liquid saturates all layers of the casserole. If necessary, you can shake another 100 ml of milk and 1 egg with a fork - it all depends on the volume of the form.

We rub the remaining cheese on a coarse grater, sprinkle the surface of the dish and send it to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for half an hour

Remove the casserole dish from the oven, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs and let stand for a third of an hour

Serve as an independent dish with a vegetable stew. This dish can also be prepared with cottage cheese. In this case, you can take much less hard cheese.

Casserole with mayonnaise

This dish cannot be called dietary, but, nevertheless, it is very tasty and is quite suitable for a quick lunch. Any sauce can be used - both homemade and store-bought.

Ingredients:

• 500 g minced meat;
• 1.5 liters of drinking water;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 500 g of any pasta;
• 1 large onion;
• 150 g of hard cheese of any quality;
• 2-3 st. l. refined oil;
• 3 tbsp. l. homemade adjika;
• 3 tbsp. l. tomato puree;
• 50 g butter;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 3 tbsp. l. sour cream 20%;
• 2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise "Provencal";
• seasonings and spices - to taste and desire.

Preparation:

• We clean the onion, chop it into large cubes. Fry in hot oil until golden brown.
• We send minced meat to the onion, mix thoroughly. As soon as the mass changes color, add half a cup of boiling water to make the filling juicier and cover the mass with a lid. Reduce heat to medium, simmer until minced meat is ready.

In a saucepan suitable for the volume, boil water, add salt, pour the pasta from the pack. Stir, cook for 7 minutes until al dente

Add tomato puree and adjika to the minced meat, mix. Let's put out a few minutes

• In the meantime, we discard the pasta in a colander, rinse it. We send the dried products into a saucepan with a piece of butter and mix so that each feather or shell is saturated. It is important that they keep their shape in the casserole.
• Season the prepared minced meat with coriander, ground pepper, salt or dried basil and slightly crush it with a special device for mashed potatoes so that the minced meat is saturated with broth and spices.
• Beat sour cream and eggs with a whisk or fork until smooth. The sauce can be seasoned with salt and herbs.

• Lubricate a refractory container with butter, put half of the finished pasta on the bottom.
• We send all the minced meat from above.

Add the rest of the pasta on a flat base

• Fill the mold with the base with the prepared lion.
• Rub hard cheese on a coarse grater and mix it with mayonnaise. Spread the resulting mass in an even layer on the casserole. Cover with foil.

• We preheat the oven to 200 degrees, send the workpiece and keep it until golden brown.
• After taking the dish out of the oven, leave it under the foil for 20 minutes, then cut it into portions for serving. You can complement the treat with pickled vegetables.

Greek pasta casserole with minced meat

To surprise guests with an overseas dish, try the Pastizio recipe using spices typical of Mediterranean cuisine. It will not be possible to cook it quickly, but the taste will be radically different from other recipes of the dish familiar to everyone. Prepare simply according to step-by-step photos for the recipe.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of ground beef;
• 0.5 kg tubular pasta;
• 1 large onion;
• 0, 5 tbsp. tomato puree;
• 1 tsp Sahara;
• 0.5 bunches of fresh herbs;
• salt and ground pepper to taste;
• 50 ml of red wine;
• 400 g of hard cheese;
• 3 squirrels;
• 100 g of olive or other odorless vegetable oil;
• 7-8 st. l. flour;
• 1 liter of fresh milk;
• 3 yolks;
• 70 g butter;
• 1 tsp grated nutmeg.

Preparation:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan with a thick bottom.
• We clean the onion and chop it into large pieces, send it to the heated oil, fry it.
• We send the minced meat to the onion, mix until smooth so that the meat does not come in large lumps.
• As soon as the product has changed color, add here mashed tomatoes and finely chopped herbs, sugar and salt to taste.

• We fill the mass with ground pepper and wine, mix, let it simmer over medium heat without a lid. It is important that you end up with a thick mass with a small amount of liquid.
• We boil water in a saucepan, add a little salt here and send pasta to the liquid. Long tubular spaghetti is best, but you can use any.

• We boil them for 5 minutes and discard them in a colander. As soon as the pasta has cooled, we send slightly whipped protein and 2 tbsp. l. grated cheese, mix.
• Let the minced meat cool, mix it with the rest of the proteins.

• Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the sifted flour to it and stir quickly, heat until smooth.
• Pour milk in portions, constantly stirring the mass with a whisk, heat until thickened.

• We send the nutmeg to the custard mass, add the yolks here one at a time, season the sauce with salt.
• Put the remnants of the grated cheese into the béchamel, stir again to melt the product.
• Lubricate the mold with olive oil, put the pasta on the bottom. Add minced meat on top. Fill with the béchamel sauce. We align everything with the back of a large spoon.

Sprinkle the pasta casserole with minced meat on top with a good layer of grated cheese and send it to cook in an oven preheated to 200 degrees

Let the dish cool slightly, cut into portions and serve with fresh vegetables or Caesar salad

Such recipes for pasta casseroles with minced meat and cheese will be useful to everyone, without exception. It is especially important to follow the sequence, focusing on step-by-step photos.