Slow cooker pasta bake
Make a wonderful dish in no time and have it ready to eat when you come home! A simple recipe you can change every time using your favorite veggies.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 350 gr of short pasta
- 400 ml tomato sauce
- 100 gr mozzarella or other cheese
- 200 ml of milk of choice
- 20 gr of starch
- nutmeg
- 500 gr spinach or chards
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- water to cover
Instructions
- Blanch the vegetables in hot water for 1 minute. Rinse under cold water, drain and chop finely.
- Bring the milk to a boil, and in a bowl mix a spoon of milk with the starch. As soon as the milk boils, add the starch slurry and mix until it thickens. Set aside.
- Put into the slow cooker the oil, tomato sauce, pasta, white sauce and vegetables and mix well.
- Cover with enough water, add salt and pepper and mix.
- Add some mozzarella cheese or parmigiano on top.
- Turn the slow cooker on and set it on low.
- Cook for 4 hours and then broil for a few minutes in the oven for a nice crusty top.
