Pasta casserole in the oven

Pasta casserole in the oven is a simple and budget-friendly dish for a weekday lunch menu. It can be prepared from either raw or cooked pasta. In addition to the main ingredient, the casserole can be supplemented with minced meat, sausages, mushrooms, vegetables and, of course, cheese. The dish is prepared without any complicated manipulations: simply all the products are mixed in a certain order in a heat-resistant form and baked.

Casserole of macaroni with cheese and minced meat in the oven

Casserole made from macaroni with cheese and minced meat in the oven is an original dish in which the most ordinary products appear in a new light. Also, the casserole may be a little reminiscent of navy pasta, but overall it will be less fatty.

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   Pasta casserole in the oven is quick and easy to prepare. Pre-turn on the oven and set the temperature to 190 degrees. Pour the pasta into boiling water and cook it for 4 minutes less than the instructions on the package.
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   Peel both onions and finely chop.
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   Also remove the husks from the garlic cloves and cut them into thin slices.
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   Dry the frying pan over the fire, pour vegetable oil onto the heated surface. First, fry the onions and garlic until soft, add salt and season the frying. Add tomato paste and canned tomatoes, stir. Then add the minced meat to the vegetables and continue cooking everything together for another 10 minutes. The minced meat should eventually be half-ready.
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   Place the pasta in a colander and let the liquid drain from it. Place the pasta in the pan and stir. Then transfer the entire fried mass into a heat-resistant form and spread in an even layer. Place pieces of mozzarella on top of the pasta and minced meat.
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   Grate the hard cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle the shavings over the workpiece.
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   Place the pan in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Pasta casserole in the oven is ready! Garnish the finished casserole with basil leaves and serve warm. Bon appetit!

Pasta casserole with eggs in the oven

Pasta casserole with eggs in the oven is a universal dish that can be prepared and served for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Although pasta casserole is a completely self-sufficient dish, any vegetables and herbs that you can choose according to your preferences will not be superfluous.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 250 gr.
• Milk – 100 ml.
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
• Sugar - to taste.
• Butter – 20 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Pasta is best taken from durum wheat; it holds its shape better and is more beneficial for the body. The type of pasta can be any: cones, spirals, spaghetti and others.

Step 2. Boil water in a saucepan and add a little salt. Then pour the pasta into the boiling water. Cook them until tender for 10 minutes, then rinse with cold water. To prevent boiled pasta from sticking together, you can sprinkle it with vegetable oil.

Step 3. Remove the eggs from the refrigerator in advance so that they warm up to room temperature. Place them in a bowl and beat with a hand whisk. Then pour milk into a homogeneous mass and add sugar, mix everything well again.

Step 4. Grease a baking dish with butter. Place the pasta in a heatproof dish and pour the egg-milk mixture over it.

Step 5. Bake the dish in the oven at 175-180 degrees for 10-15 minutes. The eggs must be completely baked.

Step 6. Divide the casserole into portions and serve warm. Bon appetit!

Chicken Pasta Casserole

Pasta casserole with chicken is the best solution for lunch or dinner for the whole family. This recipe will certainly help you out more than once when you are short of time, because the oven will do all the main work. For the casserole, you can use any part of the chicken carcass.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 250 gr.
• Water – 250 ml.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Chicken fillet – 300 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.
• Tomatoes – 150 gr.
• Hard cheese – 100 gr.
• Sour cream – 150 gr.
• Seasoning for chicken – 1 tbsp.
• Greenery - for decoration.

Cooking process:

Step 1.All products needed for the casserole are listed in the ingredients list. Chicken fillet, if it was frozen, completely defrost, wash the tomatoes.

Step 2. Cut it into medium-sized pieces, place the slices in a bowl, add salt and season to taste.

Step 3. Grease a suitable heat-resistant pan with vegetable oil. Place dry pasta in it.

Step 4. Place the chopped chicken fillet on top of the pasta layer.

Step 5. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and distribute them evenly over the meat.

Step 6. In a separate bowl, mix sour cream with water. Salt the resulting mixture to taste.

Step 7. Grate a piece of hard cheese on a coarse grater.

Step 8. Pour sour cream over the dough and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Step 9. Cover the pan with foil and bake the dish in the oven at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Step 10. After this, remove the foil and return the pan to the oven for another 15 minutes so that the cheese crust is slightly browned. Before serving, decorate the casserole with chopped herbs. Bon appetit!

Pasta casserole with sausage

Pasta casserole with sausage is an original dish made from the simplest ingredients that can be found in any kitchen. We will tell you how to prepare a delicious casserole so that the pasta does not turn into a floury mess, but at the same time the casserole holds its shape well.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time – 35 min.

Portions – 6-8.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 350 gr.
• Water – 800 ml.
• Milk – 350 ml. for sauce + 100 ml. for filling
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Smoked sausage – 150 gr.
• Table salt – 1 pinch.
• Butter – 60 gr.
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
• Hard cheese – 120 gr.
• Wheat flour – 40 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.
• Parsley - for serving.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Read the list and measure out all the necessary products. Sift the wheat flour through a fine sieve. Turn on the oven so that it has time to warm up to 180 degrees.

Step 2. Pour about 800 milliliters of water into the pan and add a little salt. Place pasta in boiling water and cook at low boil for 5-7 minutes. After this, drain the water and cool the pasta.

Step 3: Melt the butter in a small frying pan. Next, add the wheat flour and fry it for 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly with a spoon.

Step 4: Remove the pan from the heat. Pour in 100 milliliters of milk, stir so that there are no lumps left.

Step 5. Then add another 250 milliliters of milk, stir the mixture and return the pan to the heat. Cook the sauce over moderate heat until it thickens.

Step 6. Grate the hard cheese. Remove the pan with the sauce from the stove and add the cheese shavings, stir. The casserole sauce is ready.

Step 7. In a separate bowl, beat two chicken eggs with 100 milliliters of milk, pepper the mixture and add salt to taste.

Step 8. Cut the sausage into cubes or strips. Combine cooked pasta and sausage in a bowl.

Step 9. Add cheese sauce, stir.

Step 10. Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil. Place the mixture of pasta and sausage into it, smooth the mixture with a spoon.

Step 11. Fill the dough with egg wash and place in the oven. Bake the dish for 25 minutes.

Step 12. Before serving the pasta casserole with sausage, sprinkle it with chopped parsley. Bon appetit!

Cottage cheese casserole with pasta in the oven

Cottage cheese casserole with pasta in the oven is not the most common dish, but nevertheless finds many fans. It’s also good because the casserole can be prepared the night before and served chilled for breakfast with sour cream, for example.

Cooking time – 40 min.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Horns – 500 gr.
• Cottage cheese – 250 gr.
• Butter – 70 gr.
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
• Sugar – 3 tbsp.
• Table salt – 1 pinch.
• Vanillin – 1 pinch.

For the sour cream layer:

• Sugar – 3 tbsp.
• Full-fat sour cream – 7 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Boil the pasta according to the instructions on the package. Place the boiled pasta in a colander to allow the water to drain and the product to cool to room temperature.

Step 2. In a separate bowl, mix cottage cheese, chicken eggs, vanillin, salt and sugar. Beat the ingredients until smooth.

Step 3. Add the curd mixture to the pasta and mix everything well.

Step 4. Grease a heat-resistant pan with butter over the entire area.

Step 5. Then put the curd-pasta mixture into the mold and smooth it out with a spoon. Cut the remaining butter into small pieces and spread on top of the workpiece.

Step 6. Pour sour cream over the dough.

Step 7. Smooth out the sour cream with a spoon and sprinkle with sugar. Place the mold in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Step 8. The cottage cheese casserole with pasta is ready, its aroma is simply magical. Serve the dish with sour cream or any sweet additives. Bon appetit!

Macaroni Cheese and Tomato Casserole

Macaroni Cheese and Tomato Casserole is a delicious main dish for a light dinner or an interesting side dish for lunch meat.The combination of products is very harmonious, they all complement each other and create a great taste. And how deliciously melted cheese stretches while the casserole is still warm.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Cheddar cheese – 180 gr.
• Gruyere cheese – 50 gr.
• Parmesan cheese – 50 gr.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Butter – 50 gr. + for lubricating the mold
• Wheat bread crumb – 50 gr.
• Tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• Penne/rigatoni – 280 gr.
• Milk – 700 ml.
• Wheat flour – 50 gr.
• Dijon mustard – 1 tsp.
• Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Grate each type of hard cheese separately on a fine grater. Dry the bread crumb in a frying pan without oil and grind in a blender until crumbly. Mix the crumbs with 25 grams of cheddar and 15 grams of Parmesan. Mix the remaining cheese. Wash the tomatoes and cut into circles.

Step 2. Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package and drain in a colander. For the sauce, heat the milk in a saucepan or frying pan.

Step 3: In another high-sided skillet, melt the butter. Add wheat flour to the melted butter, stir and fry for a minute, stirring. Then remove the container from the heat and pour in 550 milliliters of warm milk in three approaches, kneading the mixture well each time. If there are any lumps left, rub the sauce through a sieve.

Step 4. Return the pan with the sauce to the heat and heat until the sauce thickens. Remove the container from the heat and add the mustard, 5 tablespoons of milk and the cheese mixture to the sauce. The sauce should have a liquid consistency; add salt and season to taste.

Step 5: Mix the sauce and pasta. If the consistency is very thick, dilute it with hot milk.

Step 6.Grease a baking dish with butter, sprinkle it with a mixture of crumbs and cheese, and lay out the previously prepared mixture. Place tomato slices on top of the pasta. Bake the dish in the oven at 190 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Then turn on the grill and bake for another 3-5 minutes.

Step 7. Cool the casserole slightly before serving. Bon appetit!

Delicate pasta casserole like in kindergarten

A tender pasta casserole like in kindergarten will remind you of the pleasant moments of bygone days. Both adults and children eat it with great pleasure. Any pasta is suitable for this dish, but if you take something like noodles or spaghetti, it will turn out more juicy.

Cooking time – 40 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Dry pasta – 250 gr.
• Milk – 350 ml.
• Sugar – 50 gr.
• Butter – 15 gr.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Table salt – ½ tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Pour the pasta into salted boiling water, cook until tender, drain in a colander. Then add most of the butter to the pasta, stirring while hot to melt the butter.

Step 2. Break a chicken egg into a bowl, add sugar and salt, beat the ingredients with a fork.

Step 3. Pour milk into the egg mixture and mix everything until smooth.

Step 4. Next, pour the egg-milk mixture into a container with the boiled pasta.

Step 5. Grease the baking dish with the remaining butter. Place pasta with egg mixture in it.

Step 6. Place the mold in the oven, preheated to 220 degrees for 10-20 minutes.

Step 7. Cool the pasta casserole until warm, divide into portions and serve. Bon appetit!

Sweet pasta casserole in the oven

Sweet pasta casserole in the oven is a dish that fits best into a children's menu. But sometimes such a casserole can be prepared for the whole family as a dessert and served with tea or milk. Previously, by the way, this recipe was simpler, without chocolate.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Bow pasta – 250 gr.
• Chocolate – 100 gr.
• Chicken eggs – 4 pcs.
• Demerara sugar/granulated sugar – 200 gr.
• Milk – 300 ml.
• Vanilla sugar – 1 sachet.
• Butter – 60 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We chose bow pasta for the recipe, but any other short type of pasta will work, except noodles. Also prepare all the other products on the list.

Step 2. Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package. Then drain them in a colander. It is convenient to use a silicone mold for baking; place hot boiled pasta in it and add butter to it, stir. Set aside a few pasta for decoration. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.

Step 3. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs with vanilla and demerara cane sugar. Regular white sugar will also work for this recipe. When the sugar is completely dissolved in the whipped mass, pour in warm milk and mix the mass well again.

Step 4. Fill the pasta mold with the resulting egg-milk mixture and place in the oven. Bake the casserole for 35-40 minutes.

Step 5. To check if it is ready, shake the mold, the mass should not sway. Cool the casserole slightly.

Step 6. Now you can move on to decorating the dish. Place cooked pasta and chocolate slices on the surface of the casserole. Place the casserole dish back into the oven for 5-7 minutes to melt the chocolate.

Step 7Cool the finished sweet pasta casserole slightly and can be served. Bon appetit!

Pasta casserole with vegetables

Pasta casserole with vegetables is an interesting dish to look and taste. To keep pasta and vegetables in shape, they are filled with egg wash. In fact, everything is very simple: cook the pasta, select vegetables to taste and place the pan in a well-heated oven.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time – 20-30 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 250 gr.
• Milk – 500 ml.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Butter – 40 gr. + for lubricating the mold.
• Assorted frozen vegetables – 400 gr.
• Wheat flour – 40 gr.
• Cumin – ½ tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Hard cheese – 50 gr.
• Olive oil – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Grind the cumin in a mortar or grind in another convenient way.

Step 2. Grate the hard cheese on a grater with medium or large holes.

Step 3. Place the pasta in boiling water and cook it after boiling again for 3-4 minutes less than indicated in the instructions. Drain the pasta in a colander, but do not pour out the water. Drizzle the pasta with olive oil to prevent it from sticking.

Step 4. Boil the water left after cooking the pasta again. Place frozen vegetables in it and boil them for 2-3 minutes. Drain them in a colander.

Step 5. Melt 40 grams of butter in a frying pan, then add flour, fry it in butter until golden brown. Gradually add milk into the flour in a thin stream, stir and simmer the sauce for about 5 minutes until thickened.

Step 6. Add grated cheese, salt, ground pepper and cumin to the creamy sauce. If there are any lumps in the sauce, strain it through a strainer. Combine cooked pasta, vegetables and sauce.

Step 7Turn on the oven, preheat it to 200 degrees. Grease a baking dish with butter and place pasta and vegetables in it. Cook the casserole for about 20-30 minutes until golden brown on top.

Step 8. Serve the pasta casserole with vegetables warm for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Bon appetit!

Casserole with pasta and mushrooms

Casserole with pasta and mushrooms is a very tasty combination. You can cook the pasta right before baking or use yesterday’s pasta; this will not make the taste of the casserole worse. Choose mushrooms according to your taste; we suggest using champignons, for example.

Cooking time – 55 min.

Cooking time – 20-30 min.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Pasta – 1.5 tbsp.
• Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
• Champignon/oyster mushrooms – 400 gr.
• Table salt - to taste.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Chicken eggs – 3 pcs.
• Sour cream – 1 tbsp.
• Processed cheese – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Cook the pasta in salted water, to do this, follow the instructions on the package. Place the boiled pasta in a colander to drain.

Step 2. Cover a baking dish with food foil and grease it with vegetable oil.

Step 3. Once the water has drained from the pasta, place it in a greased pan.

Step 4. Remove the skin from the onion and cut it into thin half rings.

Step 5. Wash the mushrooms and cut into small pieces.

Step 6. Pour a tablespoon of olive oil into the frying pan, add the onion, fry it until golden brown.

Step 7. After this, add another tablespoon of oil and chopped mushrooms. Continue frying everything together for a few minutes, add salt and ground pepper.

Step 8Add ¾ cup of sour cream to the fried onions and mushrooms, stir, simmer until the sauce thickens slightly.

Step 9. Cut the processed cheese into small cubes.

Step 10. Place the onions and mushrooms in creamy sauce on top of the pasta and even out the layer.

Step 11. Place cubes of processed cheese on top of the frying.

Step 12. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with the remaining sour cream with a whisk or fork. Pour the resulting mixture over the workpiece.

Step 13. Place the mold in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Serve warm pasta and mushroom casserole for lunch or dinner. You can decorate the dish with leaves of fresh parsley or dill. Bon appetit!