Spaghetti casserole with bacon

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 400g spaghetti
• Salt
• 250g mozzarella
• 200 g breakfast bacon
• 1 onion(s)
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 pinch of chili powder
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 200 ml vegetable stock
• 200 ml cream
• pepper
• nutmeg
• possibly parsley
• possibly basil
• Fat for the mold

Instructions

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

Cook spaghetti in salted water until al dente. Drain, refresh, and allow to drain. Peel and finely dice the onion and garlic. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the shallots and garlic until translucent. Add chili powder and deglaze with the vegetable stock and cream. Bring to a boil and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-assisted). Slice the mozzarella. Layer half of the spaghetti, half of the mozzarella, and half of the bacon in a greased baking dish. Then add the remaining spaghetti. Spread the sauce over the top and finish with mozzarella and bacon. Bake the casserole in the oven for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley or garnish with basil leaves, if desired. Serve with a salad of peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions. Note from the recipe editor team: This recipe is from our user bienemaya. While creating a video for the recipe, we accidentally added it back to the database. Since it now has a number of comments and, above all, is saved in collections, we decided to keep both recipes in the database. Thanks to bienemaya for the lovely recipe. You can find the video with her recipe: http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/474011141136529/Spaghetti-Auflauf-mit-Speck.html