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Baked pasta and a quick salad

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Ingredients for 3 servings:

  • 350 g minced meat, mixed
  • 2 stalk(s) leeks
  • 2 small cans of tomatoes, chopped
  • some olive oil
  • Salt and pepper from the mill
  • 250 g pasta (spirals)
  • Water (salt water)
  • 200 g cheese, grated
  • 1 small can of corn
  • 1 small can of kidney beans
  • ½ cucumber(s)
  • some tomatoes (vine tomatoes)
  • some white balsamic vinegar
  • some olive oil
  • n. B. herbs (salad herbs)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Cook the spiral pasta in salted water until al dente. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Wash the leek and cut into rings. Brown the minced meat in a large pot with a little olive oil until crumbly. Add the leek and cook briefly. Add the chopped tomatoes and simmer until the leek is tender. Season with salt and pepper. In a baking dish greased with olive oil, mix the pasta with the sauce, top with cheese, and bake in the oven at 200°C for about 10 minutes. For the salad, wash half a cucumber, peel it, and cut it into medium-sized pieces. Wash the tomatoes, also cut it into medium-sized pieces, and place them in a bowl. Drain the corn and add them. Strain the kidney beans through a sieve, rinse them, and add them too. Toss the salad with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper, and the salad herbs. I first learned about this dish in Saarland at my father’s. I briefly watched his now wife’s cooking, memorized the ingredients, and cooked it at home. Since then, we’ve had this dish more often. In Saarland, it’s customary to serve a salad with a meal.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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