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🍽️ Creamy Shell Pasta Gratin

1197 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 400 g shell pasta
• salt
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 tomatoes
• 500 g minced meat
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 3 g crème fraîche
• 1 tsp thyme
• pepper (from the mill)
• 400 ml whipping cream
• 2 eggs
• 100 g grated cheese (e.g. alpine cheese)
• salt
• 2 tbsp freshly grated parmesan
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley

Instructions

1. 1. Boil water with salt and cook the shell pasta in it until very al dente.
2. 2. Rinse the pasta with cold water and let it drain well.
3. 3. Peel the garlic and chop it finely.
4. 4. Pour hot water over the tomatoes, rinse them with cold water, peel them, quarter them, remove the seeds, and dice them.
5. 5. Fry the minced meat in hot oil until crumbly.
6. 6. Add the chopped garlic and tomato paste and sauté them briefly.
7. 7. Add the diced tomatoes.
8. 8. Stir in the crème fraîche.
9. 9. Let the sauce simmer gently for 10 to 15 minutes.
10. 10. Add the thyme.
11. 11. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
12. 12. If the sauce is too liquid, let it reduce a bit more.
13. 13. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius fan mode.
14. 14. Fill the minced meat into the shell pasta, preferably using a teaspoon.
15. 15. Place the filled pasta into a baking dish.
16. 16. Mix the cream with the eggs and the grated cheese.
17. 17. Season the cream mixture with salt and pepper.
18. 18. Pour the cream mixture over the pasta.
19. 19. Sprinkle the gratin with Parmesan and butter flakes.
20. 20. Bake the gratin in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown.
21. 21. Sprinkle the finished dish with parsley and serve.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 1197
• Protein: 51 g · Fett/Fat: 76 g · Carbs: 78 g