Macaroni casserole with meatballs and broccoli in tomato sauce

Name: Macaroni casserole with meatballs and broccoli in tomato sauce
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 400 g Macaroni; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 1 Onion; 2 TABLESPOONS Olive oil; 2 (120 g each) fine uncooked bratwursts; 2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste; 1 can(s) (425 ml) Tomatoes; 8 Stem(s) Thyme; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 1 TABLESPOON Sugar; 400 g Broccoli; 150 g grated gouda cheese; 7-10 Tbsp Grease

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

400 g Macaroni
7-10 Tbsp Salt
1 Onion
2 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
2 (120 g each) fine uncooked bratwursts
2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
1 can(s) (425 ml) Tomatoes
8 Stem(s) Thyme
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
1 TABLESPOON Sugar
400 g Broccoli
150 g grated gouda cheese
7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

1
Break the pasta in half and cook in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Peel onion and cut into fine cubes. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Press the sausage into the hot oil, fry it all around and take it out.
2
Steam onion in the bratwurst fat. Stir in tomato paste and add tomatoes. Wash thyme, shake dry and pluck leaves from the stalks. Season sauce with salt, pepper, sugar and thyme.
3
Cut broccoli into florets from the stalk and wash. Blanch in boiling salted water for about 1 minute, remove. Mix all ingredients and put into a greased casserole dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 30 minutes.