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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.

8,1383.3/5 for 6 ratings

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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

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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Time required for this recipe:

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

Keeping: Several days in the fridge.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 7 min.

Mozzarella pasta bake : Photo of step #1

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.

Mozzarella pasta bake : Photo of step #2

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.

Mozzarella pasta bake : Photo of step #5

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.

Mozzarella pasta bake : Photo of step #7

...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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,607 Kcal or 10,915 Kj	115 gr	342 gr	87 gr
130 %	44 %	32 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
343 Kcal or 1,436 Kj	15 gr	45 gr	11 gr
17 %	6 %	4 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
434 Kcal or 1,817 Kj	19 gr	57 gr	14 gr
22 %	7 %	5 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules 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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Source

Home made.

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	Pasta: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to cook pasta properly, Pasta with mushrooms, Spaghetti with mushrooms, Tagliatelle with cockles, Penne with Mushrooms, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Ham pasta bake, Ham à la Russe, Potted meat (rillettes), Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Quick flaky pizza, ... All
	Mozzarella: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Grilled cheese, Harvest Gratin, Quick flaky pizza, Pan-fried chicken breast on mozzarella, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cocotte eggs with Comté, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Deep leek and potato quiche, Salmon and spinach quiche, Comtoise endive salad, ... All

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