Ham and pasta casserole de luxe

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g tagliatelle pasta
• salt water
• 250 g diced ham
• 250 g Tilsiter
• 1 ½ small onions, diced
• 1 egg yolk
• 200 ml cream
• 200 ml crème fraîche
• 350 ml water
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 50 g butter
• 2 tsp beef broth
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 ½ tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp paprika powder, sweet
• 2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp curry
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

the first-class ham and pasta casserole

Heat the oil in a pan. Sauté the diced onions and ham over medium heat until the onions are translucent. Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water with 40g of butter to a boil and cook the pasta al dente. Preheat the oven to 200°C. In a bowl, whisk together the cream, crème fraîche, and egg yolk. Gradually add the beef stock, tomato paste, paprika, nutmeg, curry powder, and water, and season with salt and pepper. If you like, you can thicken the sauce with a little flour. Cover the bottom of a greased casserole dish with some of the cream sauce. Alternate layers of pasta and ham on top. Pour over the remaining sauce. Then spread the Tilsiter cheese on top. You can add more cheese if you like. Bake the casserole in the preheated oven for 25–30 minutes.