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Name: Mozzarella pasta bake
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 51 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 100 g ham; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 500 g pasta; 80 g mozzarella; 50 g Comté cheese

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Mozzarella pasta bake

A good way to use up leftover pasta, or cook some specially for this gratin with fried ham and two cheeses: diced mozzarella for melting texture and grated Comté for a nicely browned top.

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Last modified on: September 30^th 2018

For 6 people, you will need:

1 100 g ham
2 2 tablespoons olive oil
3 500 g pasta
4 80 g mozzarella
5 50 g Comté cheese
Total weight: 760 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
6 min.	45 min.	51 min.

Preservation:

Several days in the fridge.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1

7 min.

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Fry 100 g ham (cut into small pieces) in a frying pan on medium heat with 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Set aside.

Stage 2

5 min.

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Cook 500 g pasta.

Stage 3

3 min.

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Drain the pasta thoroughly.

Preheat the oven to 410°F (210°C)

Stage 4

3 min.

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Put the pasta back into the pan on low heat. Add the fried ham and 80 g mozzarella cut into small dice.

Stir well for a few minutes to combine well.

Stage 5

2 min.

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Tip the mixture into a buttered gratin dish.

Stage 6

1 min.

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Scatter the 50 g Comté cheese over the top...

Stage 7

30 min.

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...and bake for about 30 minutes (do watch the colour towards the end).

Remarks

This is perfect for a Sunday evening supper when you are wondering "What are we going to eat tonight?"

If you don't have Comté, you can use any similar cheese you like: Cheddar, Gruyère, Emmental...

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 2.92 €
Per person : 0.49 €

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Home made.

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	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cubed salad, Montlebon toast, Potato gratin, Comtoise endive salad, Cocotte eggs with Comté, ... All

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