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Baked Pasta with Béchamel
Baked pasta with béchamel — a rich dish loved by both kids and adults. Layers of pasta, meaty filling and béchamel, topped with crumbs or cheese.
Baked pasta with béchamel — a very popular Italian-style recipe especially loved by children.
Ingredients
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- Small elbow pasta
- Meat layer
- Chopped onion
- Ground beef
- Beef seasoning
- Mixed spices
- Black pepper
- Salt
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- Béchamel sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1½ cups milk
- 1 egg
- Mozzarella cheese
- or
- Crushed biscuit/kaak crumbs
- Butter
- For more delicious Italian recipes see: Lasagna
Method
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- Boil the pasta in water with a little corn oil and salt. When cooked, leave it in a colander to drain.
- Prepare the meat filling. Fry the chopped onion in a little corn oil until soft, then add the meat and spices and stir. When the meat is cooked, add the sauce and a little water, stir for five minutes then turn off the heat.
- Start making the béchamel sauce: melt the butter in a small saucepan, then add the flour, stirring continuously until its color changes.
- Then add the milk with a little salt, stirring quickly so the flour doesn't clump. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens.
- Turn off the heat and set the béchamel aside to cool. When it has cooled, add the egg and whisk well.
- In a baking dish, put half of the cooked pasta in the bottom, then all the meat mixture, then the remaining pasta.
- Pour the béchamel sauce over, and sprinkle mozzarella or breadcrumbs on top.
- Distribute pieces of butter on the surface as well.
- Place the baking dish in the oven — do not put it directly on the oven floor; place it on the first rack.
- Bake at a high temperature for about 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the oven's strength, watching for color change on the bottom of the dish.Timers: 30 min
- Turn off the bottom heat and turn on the top heat to brown the surface of the béchamel pasta.
- Serve the béchamel pasta immediately or after it cools slightly so it does not fall apart when slicing.
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- For more delicious Italian recipes, see this link: Lasagna
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Recipe tags
Pasta and noodlesInternationalNut free
Notes and serving ideas
- Lasagna
