Macarona Beshamel - Pasta with minced Meat and Beshamel Sauce

Macarona Beshamel

This dish is from egypt and its very popular ouver here.
I actuallay dont like it that much but everyone else i know loves it :)


You need:

400 gr uncooked pasta

4 Tablespoon Butter

Some oil

400 gr minced beef

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

1 teaspoon cumin

Salt/Pepper

2 Tablespoon flour

1 glass Milk

1 cube vegetable broth

How to prepare it :

1. First bring water to boil and cook the pasta till its soft ( about 10 min)

Drain, mix it with 1 Tablespoon Butter and set aside.

2. Peel and chop the onion and the garlic.

Mix the minced beef with pepper, salt and cumin.

In a medium sized frying pan melt 1 Tablespoon butter and add 1-2 Tablespoon oil.

Add the onion/garlic and fry for 1-2 min.

Now add the beef and fry till the beef turns throughout brown.

Set aside.

3. In a small bowl, melt 2 Tablespoon Butter.

Than add the Fluor and mix well.

Add a little of the milk and mix.

It should get thick, at that point add more milk and stir. Proceed until you used all the milk.

Let the mix get thick and add about ½ glass of water. Mix and stir till it starts to thicken.

Set aside.

4. Grease a heat proved pan and put the fried beef in it.

Above the meat put the pasta.

Than pour the sauce over it. Make sure all of it is covered well in the sauce.

Put it in the oven till the top starts to slightly turn brown.

Use a temperature between 150- 180 C.

　

Vegetarian Lasagna

Vegetarian Italian Lasagna

U need:
1 Zucchini
1 Carrot
5 Tomatoes
2 cups mushroom ( from a can or fresh)
1 red onion
2 garlic cloves
4 tablespoons tomato paste
2 bell pepper (red and yellow)

1/2 package Lasagna noodles
1 cup mozzarella cheese (shredded)
2 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 hand full of parsley

paprika powder
salt/pepper
sweet soya sauce/ optional

Chop the onion, carrot,bell pepper into small pieces.
Melt the butter in frying pan and add the olive oil (so the butter wont burn!). Add onion, carrot and the bell pepper and turn the heat very low. Cover the frying pan and let it simmer for about 15-20min.
Set aside.



Chop the tomatoes and put them in a small bowl. Add 1 cup of water and put it on the fire (medium heat). Chop the zucchini and add it to the tomatoes. chop the garlic cloves and add them too.
Add tomato paste and mushrooms.Now add the spices ( 1 teaspoon pepper, 2 teaspoon paprika powder, salt). Optional also add 1/2 teaspoon of sweet soya sauce. Stir and let it simmer for about 10 min. If its gets too thick add more water. If it is too fluid than let it simmer a little longer.It should have the texture of pasta sauce.
Chop the parsley and add it.

When the tomato sauce has the right texture turn off the fire an add the other vegetables.

Generously oil the bottom of a 10-by-18-inch baking dish.Cover the bottom of the pan with lasagna noodles.
Spread sauce over noodles.
Repeat layers until pan is full.
Top with remaining sauce and cheese.

Bake at 180C for 20-25min.
Let it cool for about 10 min before serving.



This is a healthy form of lasagna as it has less cheese, no bechamel sauce and no meat.
Still my meat loving relatives loved it and so did my son. A great alternative to original lasagna.

Spaghetti Bolognaise - original italian Sauce bolognaise

Italian Sauce Bolognaise

What you need to make the sauce Bolognaise:

1 kg mined beef
5 garlic cloves, chopped
3 carrots chopped
2 onions chopped
800 gr tomatoes ( or use 1,5 cans of tomatoes. 1 can = 400gr )
125gr butter
2 chilis ( optional)
salt
pepper
2 Tablespoons vinegar
1 Teaspoons Sugar
1.5 cubes vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
some olive oil

How to make it:

1. Chop the Carrots, Onions and the celery as small as possible.
Most important part of the Bolognaise is the Soffritto.
For that melt the Butter in a frying pan and add a some Olive oil (1-2 Tablespoon). Than add the chopped carrots, onions and celery.
Let it simmer on low heat for at least 30 min. Take care it doesnt get too hot so it wont fry.

2. Chop the toamtoes and put aside. I used 1 kg tomatoes and 3 tablespoons of Tomato paste.

3. Now fry the minced meat in another frying pan until it changes its colour to slightly brown. Than transfer it to a big bowl and add 1/2 litre of water, the broth cubes and the vinegar. As soon as it starts to cook add the chopped tomatoes and the sugar.

4. When this starts to cook add the Soffritto and the chopped garlic and chopped chilis.
Let this cook for at least 2 Hours, better would be 5 hours or more.
After this add salt and pepper.

The Bolognaise doesnt need any other spices, u will see :)

The pieces in the picture are mushrooms. I put half can of mushroom and it fits perfectly.