Pasta in the oven: recipes with photos

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• How to Make Oven Pasta Casserole
• Pasta in the oven – recipe with photo
• With minced meat
• Cheese and Egg Casserole
• Stuffed pasta shells with minced meat
• With cheese
• Cottage cheese casserole
• With minced meat and cheese
• With sausages
• Sweet casserole
• Jacks
• With chicken
• Oven casserole in the oven – cooking secrets

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Italians know many pasta cooking options. In addition to the variety of sauces, you can vary the technology of heat treatment of pasta. If you are fed up with simple boiled spaghetti, it’s time to figure out how to make a pasta casserole with an oven.

How to Make Oven Pasta Casserole

The most famous variant of this dish is lasagna: the famous Italian casserole, similar to a layer cake. However, pasta dishes in the oven do not end there. You can:

• bake stuffed hollow tubes, shells, etc .;
• cook “nests” with stew, seafood, etc .;
• make pasta pots.

Pasta in the oven – recipe with photo

When cooking pasta in the oven, it is important to leave them not just al dente, but undercooked – otherwise, when baked, they turn into porridge. You can diversify any pasta that you like (classic creamy carbonara, hearty Bolognese or spicy piquant Amatriciana). The main thing is to sprinkle the casserole with cheese and add a little more sauce so that the dish does not dry out. Bake until a crust appears (about 15 minutes).

With minced meat

This dish is almost an analogue of lasagna, but simplified and requiring less time. In addition, there is no need to buy special sheets: this pasta casserole with minced meat can be created on the basis of tubes, bows, spirals, etc.

Ingredients:

• short pasta – 400 g;
• minced meat – 400 g;
• hard cheese – 100 g;
• feta cheese – 120 g;
• tomato paste – 3 tbsp. l .;
• butter;
• bulb;
• butter – 45 g;
• milk – 2 glasses;
• flour – 3 tbsp. l .;
• nutmeg – a pinch;
• salt.

Cooking method:

1. Boil pasta.
2. Fry chopped onion, add minced meat. Stirring, wait for the dark crust.
3. Introduce the tomato paste, brown for another 3-4 minutes.
4. Melt butter, add flour, whisk with a whisk. Pour milk, throw a pinch of nutmeg.
5. Fill the bottom of the mold with half pasta, sprinkle with cheese, pour the sauce, put the minced meat. Cover with leftover pasta, pour over the sauce again. Grated cheese on top.
6. Oven temperature 185 degrees, the duration of baking – 15-20 minutes.

Cheese and Egg Casserole

Delicate pasta casserole with egg will be more interesting if you add mushrooms to it. For piquancy, you can take not fresh (frozen), but pickled or salted. If you want to reduce the calorie content of the dish, it is not necessary to fry the mushrooms.

Ingredients:

• short pasta – 300 g;
• mushrooms – 220 g;
• bulb;
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
• eggs of the highest. cat. – 2 pcs.;
• sour cream – half a glass;
• cheese – 100 g;
• pepper, salt;
• parsley;
• cooking oil.

Cooking method:

1. Boil pasta.
2. Chop the onion and fry. Add plate of mushrooms, salt, cook until liquid evaporates.
3. Cut tomatoes.
4. Beat eggs with sour cream, salt, ground pepper, torn parsley.
5. Put half the pasta on the bottom of the mold. Top mushrooms, tomatoes, a new layer of pasta.
6. Pour in egg-sour cream. Sprinkle with coarsely grated cheese. Bake for 15 minutes at 190 degrees.

Stuffed pasta shells with minced meat

For this dish, it is recommended to use classic products of the large conchiglie shape (oni), and the filling is preferable to fish or seafood, but meat is also suitable. It is better to cook these stuffed pasta in the oven.

Ingredients:

• fish fillet – 200 g;
• pasta – 300 g;
• tomato paste – 3 tbsp. l .;
• cloves of garlic – 2 pcs.;
• dry herbs;
• olive oil;
• salt;
• carrot;
• mozzarella – 50 g.

Cooking method:

1. Fry chopped garlic in olive oil.
2. Twist the fish fillet, add to the same. To salt. Cook for 20-25 minutes.
3. Add grated carrots, simmer for 5-7 minutes.
4. Boil shells, spread on a deep baking sheet with the back down.
5. Fill with filling, sprinkle with dry herbs, grated mozzarella. Roasting is done until a beautiful crust appears. Oven temperature – 200 degrees.

With cheese

These baked pasta in the oven is a simple and balanced diet meal in which complex carbohydrates are combined with vegetables. The cheese cap is thin, so the fat content of the dish is low. Try to use only light, watery vegetables: zucchini, tomatoes, or any kind of cabbage – so a pasta casserole with cheese will turn out low-calorie.

Ingredients:

• short pasta (penne, fusilli) – 300 g;
• young zucchini;
• large tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
• Parmesan – 100 g;
• sour cream – 1/3 cup;
• salt;
• a bunch of greenery.

Cooking method:

1. Remove the peel from the zucchini, cut the pulp into thin slices.
2. Blanch tomatoes, grate.
3. Boil pasta until half ready, salting water. Lay on the bottom of the mold.
4. Spread zucchini slices, tomato on top. Grease with sour cream.
5. Sprinkle with greens, coarsely grated Parmesan. Bake 25 minutes at 190 degrees.

Cottage cheese casserole

The ratio of pasta and cottage cheese in this dish is almost the same. If you don’t like the option of savory savory stuffing with herbs and garlic, make the filler sweet– add sugar, vanillin, raisins to the curd.

Ingredients:

• homemade fatty cottage cheese – 500 g;
• farfalle (bows) –600 g;
• eggs 1 cat. – 2 pcs.;
• sour cream – 2 tbsp. l .;
• clove of garlic;
• a bunch of greenery;
• flour – 1 tbsp. l .;
• salt.

Cooking method:

1. Beat eggs with flour, add mashed cottage cheese, a spoonful of sour cream.
2. Boil pasta, wait for the water to drain. Mix with curd.
3. Add greens, salt, grated garlic to the “dough”.
4. Fill the mold with this mass, grease the surface of the casserole with sour cream.
5. Cook at 190 degrees, until golden brown.

With minced meat and cheese

You can take other hollow forms, but they are more difficult to fill. To cook pasta stuffed with minced meat and cheese in the oven, wide cannelloni tubes are used. You can take other hollow forms, but they are more difficult to fill. Any meat, fish, even some seafood is suitable for the filling. After baking, the dish can be browned by removing the foil and raising the temperature of the oven.

Ingredients:

• pork – 200 g;
• pasta – 300 g;
• sweet pepper – 2 pcs.;
• cheese – 100 g;
• prunes – 10 pcs.;
• sour cream – 2 tbsp. l .;
• butter;
• spices, salt.

Cooking method:

1. Twist the meat, fry with chopped pepper until soft.
2. Steamed prunes, chop. Add to this mass. Add grated cheese there.
3. Fill cannelloni with filling, lay tightly in the mold. Pour water up to half the height, cover with sour cream. Season.
4. Tighten with foil, bake for 45 minutes. Oven temperature – 180 degrees.

With sausages

Sausage, salami, ham, bacon, sausages, pork sausages are equally suitable for this recipe. Pasta with sausages in the oven is tasty and simple, fast, beautiful.

Ingredients:

• sausages (or other sausages) – 200 g;
• spaghettini – 350 g;
• cauliflower – 150 g;
• milk – a glass;
• egg of the highest. Cat .;
• ground red pepper;
• frying oil;
• salt;
• purple bow.

Cooking method:

1. Boil pasta.
2. Sausages cut into circles, fry.
3. Mix milk with beaten egg.
4. Lay on the pasta layer of sausages, chopped cabbage on top of the onion rings. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Pour in egg and milk mass, cook for half an hour. Oven temperature – 180 degrees.

Sweet casserole

This dish is more like a gourmet dessert than dinner or lunch. Sweet pasta casserole in the oven, made from canelloni, filled with tender, airy ricotta, grated spicy apples and crushed nuts, it will be even tastier if you pour it before serving with berry or chocolate sauce.

Ingredients:

• canelloni – 10 pcs.;
• ricotta – 200 g;
• any nuts – a glass;
• yellow apples – 2 pcs.;
• vanilla sugar – 1 tsp;
• brown sugar – 3 tbsp. l .;
• cinnamon, ginger – 1/2 tsp;
• cream – a glass;
• egg of the highest. cat. – 2 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Crush nuts with a pestle.
2. Peel apples, grate coarsely. Sprinkle with cinnamon, ginger, a spoonful of brown sugar, mix.
3. Combine ricotta with beaten egg, vanilla sugar, nut-and-apple mixture. Make a homogeneous filling.
4. Fill dry canelloni with this mass, lay tight to each other.
5. Pour in egg whipped with milk and sugar. Tighten with foil.
6. Bake at 190 degrees for half an hour, brow without foil for another 10-12 minutes.

Jacks

Beautiful pasta nests with minced meat in the oven are a great option for a romantic dinner, complemented by dry red wine. If you are unable to find the finished shape, you can boil spaghetti or flat tagliatelle noodles and twist them into balls.

Ingredients:

• nests – 8-10 pcs.;
• minced meat – 300 g;
• onion;
• ground pepper, salt;
• a bunch of greenery;
• bell pepper;
• frying oil;
• sour cream – 4 tbsp. l .;
• soft cheese – 80 g.

Cooking method:

1. Tie each “nest” tightly. Boil traditionally, reducing time per minute.
2. Stuffing mix with chopped onion, salt and pepper. Fry in vegetable oil (about 20 minutes).
3. Grind greens, chop bell pepper into cubes. Combine with minced meat.
4. Place the tagliatelle on a baking sheet, remove the thread from each. Put the meat mass in the center.
5. Cover with a cap of sour cream, grated cheese. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180 degrees.

With chicken

To preserve low calorie content, the recipe does not provide for filling, but even without it, the pasta casserole with chicken and vegetables will turn out to be very tender and not at all dry. Low-fat recommended cheese: Adyghe, Parmesan.

Ingredients:

• short pasta – 250 g;
• chicken breast;
• bulb;
• green beans – 200 g;
• soft cheese – 150 g;
• greenery.

Cooking method:

1. Boil chicken, cut into cubes.
2. Put the pasta on the bottom of the mold, fill it with water to cover it completely.
3. Place beans on top, then chicken slices, onion rings.
4. Sprinkle pasta with greens, grated cheese.
5. Bake for 45-50 minutes, oven temperature – 180 degrees.

Oven casserole in the oven – cooking secrets

To avoid common cooking mistakes, use some important tips from professional chefs:

• Paste pasta in the oven with sauce, otherwise they will become dry.
• If you don’t want to cook pasta, fill it with water before sending it to the oven.
• A casserole with pasta in the oven will turn out beautiful, as in restaurant photos, if you don’t pre-cook the pasta for 3-4 minutes.
• If soft wheat pasta sticks together during cooking, add a spoonful of oil to them.