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Italian-style pasta and minced meat casserole

Name: Italian-style pasta and minced meat casserole
Prep time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 270 g penne pasta; 400 g minced beef, 10% fat; 1 tbsp Valio Oivariini® liquid butter blend; 1 tsp pizza seasoning; 0.5 tsp salt; 0.5 tsp black pepper; 1 can crushed tomatoes (400 g); 2 garlic cloves; 1 beef-vegetable bouillon cube; 2 dl Valio Keittiön cooking cream 15%; 3 dl Valio milk; 1 tbsp wheat flour; 1 bag Valio mozzarella cheese shreds (150 g); 0.25 tsp salt; 0.25 tsp nutmeg

An Italian-style pasta and minced meat casserole featuring a flavorful cheese sauce made with mozzarella.

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Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Pasta-jauhelihavuoka italialaiseen tapaan

Prep 50 minTotal 50 minInspired by valio.fi

Method

1
Cook the pasta in salted water.
2
Brown the minced meat in the Oivariini. Season. Add the crushed tomatoes, minced garlic cloves, and bouillon cube to the pan. Let simmer gently for 5 minutes.
3
Prepare the cheese sauce. Measure the cream, milk, and flour into a saucepan. Heat while stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. Stir in the shredded cheese and spices.
4
Pour half of the cooked and drained pasta into a baking dish. Stir in half of the minced meat and tomato sauce. Mix slightly. Pour half of the cheese sauce on top. Layer the remaining ingredients in the same order.
5
Bake at 225 °C for about 25 minutes.

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