Simi's macaroni and mince casserole

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 600 g minced meat
• 500 g macaroni
• 200 g cheese, grated, divide into 100 g pieces
• 250g mozzarella
• 3 large tomatoes
• 1 can tomato sauce with diced tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 m.-sized onion(s)
• 100 g diced ham, raw
• 400 ml milk
• 400 ml vegetable stock
• 50 g butter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 50 g flour
• 1 handful of basil leaves, optional
• salt and pepper
• some chili

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 5 minutes

Easy to prepare

To prepare, dice the onions and garlic, wash and slice the tomatoes, and slice the mozzarella. Cook the pasta and set aside. Prepare the vegetable stock. For the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan; do not let it brown, dust with flour, and sauté briefly, stirring constantly. This only takes a few seconds. Gradually stir in the vegetable stock and then the milk. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and melt 100g of the cheese. It takes a while, stirring constantly, until the cheese has combined with the sauce. I added a little thickener because I wanted the sauce to be a bit thicker. Set aside. For the meat sauce, sauté the onions in olive oil in a pan or saucepan, add the garlic, and then fry the minced meat and ham cubes in it, season. Stir in the tomato sauce and add a few basil leaves, if desired. Now butter a baking dish and add half of the pasta, then pour half of the meat sauce and half of the cheese sauce over it. Layer half of the tomato and mozzarella slices on top. Repeat the process. Finally, sprinkle the remaining grated cheese on top. Bake at approximately 200°C for 30-40 minutes, garnishing with the remaining basil. Serve.