Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Ground Meat

A budget-friendly, tasty and satisfying dinner dish for a large family! Macaroni with cheese and minced meat in the oven can be served hot at the holiday table if you bake it in small ramekins. By supplementing this dish with chopped fresh vegetables or a vegetable salad, you can easily get a complete dinner or lunch for the whole family.
cook time: 1h
Gavin Tanner
Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Ground Meat

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

283
Calories
18g
Fat
20g
Carbs
10g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Wheat flour 2 tbsp
Butter 60 g
Milk 150 ml
Hard cheese 150 g
Carrot 1 pc
Bulb onions 1 pc
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Minced meat 250 g
Chicken eggs 2 pc
Pasta 300 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make macaroni and cheese casserole in the oven? Prepare the necessary ingredients. You can use any minced meat for this dish (chicken, beef, pork or mixed) depending on your taste preferences. You can take the minced meat ready-made from the store, or make it yourself. When preparing homemade minced meat, you should not add bread or other additives to it; minced meat is needed exclusively from meat, since it will already be supplemented with flour ingredients.

Step 2

Step 2
Boil pasta in salted water until half cooked. Follow the instructions on the package.

Step 3

Step 3
Peel and wash the onions and carrots. Cut the onion into small cubes, grate the carrots on a medium grater or chop using a food processor. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Place the onions and carrots in the pan and fry them until the onions are translucent and the carrots are soft.

Step 4

Step 4
Add minced meat to vegetables. Add spices: salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Step 5

Step 5
Fry everything, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until the minced meat is cooked.

Step 6

Step 6
Prepare the filling. Beat the eggs into a bowl, beat them with a fork with a pinch of salt, pour in the milk and mix well until the mixture becomes homogeneous.

Step 7

Step 7
Grate the cheese on a medium grater. Make the streusel topping. To do this, rub the butter, chopped into pieces, with a pinch of salt and flour into small crumbs with your hands. Turn the oven on 180 degrees.

Step 8

Step 8
Grease a baking dish with butter. Place some of the pasta into the pan so that it evenly covers the bottom of the pan.

Step 9

Step 9
Place minced meat fried with vegetables on top.

Step 10

Step 10
Cover the top of the minced meat with the remaining pasta. They should cover the filling completely.

Step 11

Step 11
Sprinkle grated cheese over casserole. Fill everything with the milk-egg mixture. Sprinkle streusel on top. Bake pasta with minced meat and cheese at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes, this time is enough, since all the ingredients have been heat-treated. When the crust on top is browned, remove the casserole and serve. Bon appetit!

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