An oven pasta with red pesto, minced meat and mozzarella is just the recipe you're looking for on a weekday. If I could eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would be pasta! I can really make it every day and it never gets boring. I think the chille thing about pasta is that there is SO much variety. You can make a vegetarian pasta, a pasta with meat or a pasta with meat. You then add a sauce based on any kind of vegetable you can think of and top it off with your favorite vegetables and cheese. The combinations are endless! My favorite pasta is this pasta carbonara with zucchini. This oven pasta was really a roaring success as well. Are you going to try it?
Oven pasta with red pesto, minced meat and mozzarella
25 minutes
Superfast
Oven pasta with red pesto
An oven pasta is not much more than a regular pasta, but just baked in the oven with some cheese on top. Although you might not suspect it, it does a lot for the dish. The taste and texture become just that little bit different, and besides, isn't everyone up for a layer of melted cheese? This oven pasta with red pesto, minced meat and mozzarella is a nice dish for both weekdays and weekends. It's ready in less than 25 minutes and can pass for both comfort food and nutritious meal. Doesn't that sound great?
What you need:
200 gr pasta
200 gr minced beef
or vegetarian
200 ml sieved tomatoes
3 tbsp red pesto
1 red onion
1 clove of garlic
1 small zucchini
1 leek
1 pointed bell pepper
handful of cherry tomatoes
1/2 bulb of mozzarella
1 tsp oregano
2 tbsp pine nuts
fresh basil
salt and pepper
olive oil
2-3 people
What to do:
1
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and grease an ovenproof dish. Also bring a pan of water to a boil and in it cook the pasta al dente according to the package directions. Catch half a cup of cooking liquid when draining.
2
Dice the zucchini and bell bell pepper and cut the leeks into rings. Also chop the onion and squeeze the garlic.
3
Dice the zucchini and bell bell pepper and cut the leeks into rings. Also chop the onion and squeeze the garlic.
4
Heat some olive oil in a pan and fry 3/4 of the red onion in it. After 2 minutes, add the minced meat and season with salt and pepper. Fry the minced meat until loose.
5
Add the leeks and sauté for 5 minutes. Then add the zucchini and bell bell pepper and fry for a few more minutes.
6
Then add the strained tomatoes, garlic, pesto, oregano and a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Stir well and let simmer for a while.
7
Drain the pasta and add to the sauce along with the cup of cooking liquid. Stir well and then divide the mixture among the baking dish.
8
Tear the mozzarella into pieces and place over the pasta. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and top with the cherry tomatoes. Slide into the oven for 10 minutes.
9
Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts in a dry, hot skillet and coarsely chop the basil.
10
Serve the oven pasta with the pine nuts, basil and remaining red onion.
11
Enjoy and don't forget to share your dish in your Instastory with the tag @easyculi!
