Filled mussel noodles au gratin with creamy spinach on chopped tomato sauce

AUTHOR
Pat Ware
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 500 g Spinach
  • 2 Onions
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 TABLESPOON Olive oil
  • 500 g mixed minced meat
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp dried oregano
  • 1 can(s) (850 ml) Tomatoes
  • 1 TABLESPOON Butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp freshly grated nutmeg
  • 50 g Double cream cream cheese
  • 24 (approx. 140 g) large mussel noodles
  • 50 g Parmesan cheese
  • 1 (125 g) scoop of mozzarella cheese

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash and clean the spinach and shake dry. Peel and chop the onions and garlic. Heat the oil in a pan. Fry the minced meat for about 10 minutes while turning it. After about 5 minutes add half of the onions and garlic. Season with salt, pepper, sugar and oregano. Add the tomatoes and chop coarsely with a spatula

  2. 2

    Melt the butter and fry the remaining onion in it until transparent. Add the spinach and let it collapse in a closed pot. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Put the spinach in a sieve and squeeze it out. Put spinach back into the pot and stir in cream cheese

  3. 3

    Prepare the pasta in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Coarsely grate and mix Parmesan and Mozzarella. Drain the pasta, drain well and fill with spinach

  4. 4

    Spread the sauce in a flat casserole dish. Place the pasta side by side in the sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 225 °C/ convection oven: 200 °C/ gas: level 4) for approx. 15 minutes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
700 kcal
CARBS
34 g
FATS
42 g
PROTEINS
46 g

Categories & Tags

MiscellaneousPasta