Baked Pasta With Mushrooms

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Baked Pasta With Mushrooms

If you need to save up a little, than this inexpensive dish is a good choice for lunch or dinner. Baked pasta is a meal that everyone will know how to prepare. It’s easy, just parboil pasta, perhaps seashell or penne, and add cooked mushrooms, eggs and cheese. You’ll need 30 min only. Mix everything up and it’s ready for baking in the oven. Although when you make this dish often, after a time you can get bored with it. Change the recipe than. Instead of mushrooms add minced meat, or some different vegetables. I like to make this pasta with zucchinis, or just with cheese. In any case it’s a pretty cheap meal that tastes good.   

Ingredients:

·         Seashell pasta 500g /1 pound/

·         Mushrooms 1 kg /2 pounds/

·         4 eggs

·         Milk 500ml /2 cups/

·         Cheese 250g /7 oz/

·         Oil 5 tablespoons

·         Salt

Directions:

1.    Put pasta in boiling water and add 1 tablespoon salt. If you don’t want your pasta to stick, add 3 tablespoon of oil in water. While pasta is cooking prepare the mixture.  

2.    In a bowl whisk 4 eggs, milk and cheese. Add half teaspoon of salt.

3.    Add little oil in the pan and fry the mushrooms.   

4.    When mushrooms get golden color remove the pan from the heat. Stir in fried mushrooms with pre-made mixture. ​

5.    When pasta is cooked, strain it unwashed, and pour into a deep baking tray. Pour mixture over pasta.

6.    Bake it in oven at 200C /390 F/ for 25 min.

Calories: 310

Preparation time: 15 min  |  Cook time: 30 min  |  Serves: 6 

Did You Know? In Austria’s glacier was discovered the “iceman”, a middle-aged man who lived 5300 years ago. In his bag were found two mushrooms. 

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Easy Pasta With Mushrooms

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Easy Pasta With Mushrooms 

Pastas are made in many shapes, different taste and color. What’s common is that almost everyone loves pasta, and it’s easy and quick to make. The usual color of pasta is green, and it comes from spinach. Next to it there’s red pasta, which comes from tomato puree. The most common question regarding preparation is- how long should we cook pasta?

The answer is simple; pasta should be cooked in very salty water. For every 400g of pasta should be 4 liters of water, and 4 tablespoons of salt. To test how well is cooked, try a piece of pasta, if it’s soft and stringy, then it’s well cooked. If later you would bake pasta, like lasagnas in the oven, than don’t cook it thoroughly.  

Ingredients:

• Shell pasta 500g /1 pound/
• Mushrooms 600g /21 oz/

For Béchamel Sauce:

• Butter 50g / 3 tablespoons/
• Plain flour 50g / ½ cup/
• Milk 500ml /2 cups/
• Cheese 150g /4 oz/
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

1.    Boil seashell pasta in water to which was added 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of oil. 

2.    Put in the pan washed and sliced mushrooms. Add half a teaspoon of salt and fry mushrooms on increased heat. Stir the mushrooms and fry until they get golden color. 

3.    Make béchamel sauce as dressing. Put the butter in a pan, and melt it and add flour. Stir constantly and cook the sauce on low heat. 

4.    When the sauce gets cream color, add milk, salt and pepper. Stir and continue to cook until the mixture becomes thick, and then the sauce is done. 

5.    When the pasta is boiled, strain it, without rinsing in water. 

6.    Pour béchamel sauce over pasta and add mushrooms. Stir it and serve the dish. 

Calories: 680

Preparation time: 30 min   |   Cook time: 30min   |   Serves: 4-5

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Did You Know? Pastas emerge in Italy thanks to the Arabs; the first long noodles were brought to Sicily by Arab conquerors in 7 century!

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