Baked Macaroni Casserole
This baked macaroni casserole is perfect for a cozy weeknight dinner or a quick, delicious lunch!
Servings: 6
Calories: 625kcal
Equipment
- Thermomix
- Spatel
- Pfanne
- Auflaufform
Zutaten
- 400 g Macaroni
- 400 g Ground meat ground beef or a beef/pork blend
- 1 Onion
- 1 Garlic clove
- 20 g Oil
- 40 g Tomato paste
- 500 ml Tomato purée or strained tomatoes/passata
- 600 ml Water
- 1 Beef bouillon cube for 500 ml water
- 1 tsp Basil dried
- 1 tsp Oregano dried
- 1 tsp Salt level
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp Sugar
- ½ Crème fraîche 1 container; sour cream or ricotta work great too
- 200 g Shredded cheese
Zubereitung
- Preheat your oven to 180 °C (350 °F) conventional heat.
- 400 g MacaroniAdd the uncooked macaroni directly into a baking dish.
- 400 g Ground meat, 1 tsp Salt, ¼ tsp Black pepperIn a skillet, brown the ground meat until crumbly. Season generously with salt and pepper, then transfer it to the baking dish with the pasta.
- 1 Onion, 1 Garlic cloveNext up, let's make the sauce! Peel and quarter the onion, and peel and halve the garlic clove. Add both to the mixing bowl and chop for 5 sec / speed 5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with your spatula and repeat.
- 20 g Oil, 40 g Tomato pasteAdd the oil and tomato paste, then sauté for 2.5 min / 120 °C / speed 1.
- 500 ml Tomato purée, 600 ml Water, 1 Beef bouillon cube, 1 tsp Basil, 1 tsp Oregano, 1 tsp SugarAdd the remaining sauce ingredients—tomato purée, water, beef bouillon, basil, oregano, sugar, salt, and pepper—and bring to a simmer for 5 min / 100 °C / speed 2.
- Pour the hot sauce over the macaroni and ground meat mixture and give it a good stir, making sure all the pasta is fully coated and submerged. This step is key so the noodles cook up tender right in the sauce!
- ½ Crème fraîche, 200 g Shredded cheeseTo finish, dollop spoonfuls of crème fraîche over the top, sprinkle generously with shredded cheese, and bake on the rack in the lower third of your oven for 30-35 minutes.
- Note: Baking times can vary slightly depending on your oven. Mine was perfectly cooked right at the 30-minute mark!
- Garnish with fresh parsley or basil, and serve hot. Enjoy!
