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Easy Baked Pasta Tray Recipe

Pasta and noodles

Easy Baked Pasta Tray Recipe

Pasta with meat and vegetables baked in the oven is a practical recipe that suits the whole family. Try this homemade dish made with ingredients found in every home.

Total time85 min
Prep35 min
Cook50 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Recipe tags

Pasta and noodlesInternationalNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

Ingredients

  • 1 bundle long pasta
  • finely minced meat
  • 2 medium tomatoes
  • 2 medium potatoes
  • tomato jam or tomato paste
  • mozzarella cheese
  • 1 small dry onion

Method

  1. Break the pasta and boil it in salted water until it is almost cooked. ...
  2. Peel the potatoes and cut them into rounds, boil them until half-cooked or fry them according to preference...
  3. In a skillet, sauté the chopped onion and minced meat in oil with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sweet spice; toast pine nuts and add them to the meat.
  4. Prepare a glass oven dish or any long baking tray, put a little oil in the bottom and arrange potato slices, then a portion of the cooked pasta, then the minced meat, then another layer of pasta; arrange tomato slices on top and pour over a spicy tomato mixture (tomato paste diluted with water) with a pinch of sweet spice, a pinch of black pepper and salt; cover with aluminum foil and put in the oven..
  5. When the pasta tray is cooked in the oven, take it out, sprinkle cheese on top and return to the oven to brown slightly.
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