Baked pasta with minced meat

Short macaroni in the form of corrugated tubules with diagonally cut edges are called penne. From them and ground meat can be prepared a delicious casserole, which will help out if you do not have time with dinner. It can be taken for lunch to work.



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Ingredients:

• 1 kg of ground meat;
• 800 g of tomatoes in its own juice;
• 500 g of penne paste;
• 400 g of marinara sauce;
• 400 g ricotta;
• 400 g of mazarella;
• 1 large onion;
• 1 egg;
• 3 cloves garlic;
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
• 2 teaspoons of a mixture of Italian herbs;
• ½ teaspoon of coarse-grained red pepper (flakes);
• salt and black pepper to taste.
  
  

Preparation

Peel and finely chop onion and garlic. Fry them in olive oil. Then add ground meat to them. Fry it, stirring constantly, until excess moisture evaporates. When the mince is browned, pour the tomatoes in your own juice and marinara sauce into the pan (if it is not at hand, you can use any other tomato sauce). Add the spices: Italian mixture, red and black pepper, salt. Stew for half an hour. After 30 minutes, transfer a third of the sauce from the frying pan into a separate bowl. Cool down.

Also in a separate bowl, combine the ricotta, grated mozzarella (leave some cheese for sprinkling) and eggs. Salt, pepper, whisk until smooth.

Cook the pasta. Rinse them under cold running water. Mix with ground meat and cheese. Put everything in a glass container. Pour the remaining tomato-meat sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese.

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