🍽️ Cheese Macaroni with Pecan Crumbs

Name: Cheese Macaroni with Pecan Crumbs
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 60 g raw pecan nuts (in pieces); 225 g Cavatappi pasta; 15 g Butter; 225 g Cheddar (block); 425 g low-fat ricotta; 4 tbsp Sour Cream or sour cream; 1 tsp Salt; 0.25 tsp ground pepper; 1 large egg (lightly beaten)

500 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

60 g raw pecan nuts (in pieces)
225 g Cavatappi pasta
15 g Butter
225 g Cheddar (block)
425 g low-fat ricotta
4 tbsp Sour Cream or sour cream
1 tsp Salt
0.25 tsp ground pepper
1 large egg (lightly beaten)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
2. Cook the Cavatappi pasta in salted water. Drain, but reserve 120 milliliters of the pasta water. Return the pasta to the pot and toss it in the butter.
3. While the pasta cooks, grate the Cheddar cheese.
4. Place 30 grams of grated cheese and the pecans in a food processor and process until you have a coarse crumb texture.
5. Add the remaining Cheddar, Ricotta, sour cream, salt, and pepper to the warm pasta and stir well. Add the egg and mix. Loosen the mixture with 2 to 4 tablespoons of the reserved pasta water and stir again.
6. Transfer the mixture to a buttered 23-centimeter baking dish (round or square) and evenly sprinkle the pecan-cheese topping over it.
7. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until golden and bubbly.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 500
Protein: 25 g · Fett/Fat: 29 g · Carbs: 34 g