Macaroni casserole as in kindergarten: with cottage cheese and minced meat

Recognition and popularity among little gourmets was won by the well-known vermicelli casserole as in a kindergarten, the recipe of which is very simple. Not only children love her, but also her parents, as well as, oddly enough, losing weight mothers. At first glance, the dish seems high-calorie, but if you cook it differently, then the calorie content will be different.

For a diet dish, it is enough to take low-fat cottage cheese, pasta of hard varieties, such as a spider line, replace sugar with stevia or a sweetener. Then you get excellent low-calorie pastries.

The basics of proper cooking

• Cottage cheese should be wiped through a sieve or chopped in a blender. When the cottage cheese acquires a homogeneous pasty consistency, the casserole will be without lumps and rise well.
• Use breadcrumbs. Especially if the casserole mixture is thick and sticks to the bottom. In order not to damage the multicooker bowl, in addition to oiling, sprinkle the bottom with a tablespoon of breadcrumbs.
• Do not cook pasta. Since when baking pasta will be cooked for another 20 to 60 minutes, they should be discarded slightly raw on a colander.
• Stir the mass with a mixer to get an air casserole. If you want a loose structure - mix with a fork.
• Rinse pasta with cold water. So they keep their shape when baking.

A childhood recipe

The dish is designed for 3 servings and cooks very quickly. If you cook a cottage cheese and vermicelli casserole in the evening, then you will spend 3 minutes for breakfast to warm up the dish.

You will need:

• pasta - 200 g;
• cottage cheese - 200 g;
• egg - 3 pieces;
• granulated sugar - 4 tablespoons;
• butter - 2 tablespoons;
• salt is a pinch.

Cooking

1. Boil the pasta. So that they do not “blur”, choose hard varieties. After washing, add a little vegetable oil to the vermicelli, so it will be friable.
2. Mix cottage cheese, eggs and granulated sugar. Add the pasta and mix.
3. Smear the baking dish with butter, pour the cottage cheese and pasta mixture.
4. Put in a hot oven at 180-190 degrees. Cooking takes 20-25 minutes.

So the cottage cheese casserole with vermicelli is ready as in a kindergarten. When serving, many people like to add fruit jam or preserves, as well as any sweet sauces.

Recipe with pasta in a multicooker

This recipe is an analogue of cottage cheese and noodles in a kindergarten. It only differs by its unusual pitch. The pasta tubes are laid out in such a way that the finished piece of casserole is very similar to a piece of hard cheese with holes. This option, no doubt, will please your child.

You will need:

• paste with a large diameter - 200 g;
• cottage cheese - 400 g;
• egg - 2 pieces;
• sugar - 4 tablespoons;
• vanilla sugar - 1 sachet;
• soda - a third of a teaspoon;
• sour cream - 4 tablespoons.

Cooking

1. Boil the pasta in salted water and discard to cool in a colander. Immediately add a piece of butter to it and stir so that the “tubes” do not stick together.
2. Mash the cottage cheese, add eggs, sugar (including vanilla). Add a little salt. Pour soda and sour cream (2 tablespoons). Stir everything until smooth.
3. Thicken the mixture with the help of semolina - add 4-5 tablespoons of cereal. Stir and let stand for 20 minutes, so it will swell and grains will not be felt.
4. Smear the walls and bottom of the multicooker with butter.
5. If horns or small pasta are used for the recipe, then after cooling, stir them with one raw egg for bonding. Then, as in kindergarten, a pasta casserole will not fall apart.
6. Lay out the paste in a circle on the form, moving from the sides to the middle. When the whole layer is laid out, fill in a third of the curd mass. Then lay out another layer of pasta and also fill.
7. Lubricate the third pasta with sour cream (2 tablespoons) so that when baked they remain soft.
8. Pour the top of the casserole with melted butter.
9. In the slow cooker, set the "Baking" mode, select 30 minutes on the timer. But periodically look at the top of the casserole - it should be covered with a light golden crust.
10. After cooking, open the lid and let the dish cool for 10 minutes, then it can be pulled out and cut into portions.

Vermicelli casserole without cottage cheese

In the oven

The recipe is also called "Vermicelli Grandma." This is the same noodle casserole as in kindergarten, only it is cooked without cottage cheese. The composition of the dish is quite nutritious and high-calorie. Even a small piece saturates in the same way as a full-fledged side dish with meat.

You will need:

• vermicelli (small) - 400 g;
• sugar - 200 g;
• vanilla sugar - 1 pack;
• butter - 100 g;
• egg - 9 pieces.

Cooking

1. Boil the vermicelli. To prevent it from sticking, keep on fire no more than 3 minutes after boiling. Then drain the water and drop it into a colander.
2. Add butter, sugar and vanilla sugar to the still hot vermicelli. Shuffle.
3. Beat the eggs until smooth. Mix all the ingredients.
4. Grease the mold with butter. Lay out the mass and smooth.
5. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

In kindergartens, such a casserole is cut into portioned pieces and placed in a thick fruit jelly.

In a slow cooker

If you cook pasta in a slow cooker, it will be more airy and soft. In the multicooker bowl, the mixture rises well, so you need to grease the walls with plenty of butter.

Cook the casserole in the “Baking” mode for 40-50 minutes. After cooking, let stand with the lid open for another 10-15 minutes. After you can pull out and cut into portions.

Minced meat casserole

The recipe for pasta casseroles as in kindergarten can be varied and make the dish not sweet, but salty. Cottage cheese is not used here. The casserole combines both a side dish and a meat dish. In addition to it, you can serve salad or vegetables. And also prepare your favorite watering sauce.

You will need:

• noodles or vermicelli - 400 g;
• minced pork and beef - 400 g;
• onions - 1 large;
• egg - 2 pieces;
• milk - 1 cup;
• hard cheese - 100 g;
• salt, spices - to taste.

Cooking

1. Boil the noodles, drain and rinse. Throw it in a colander. Lightly salt and add a teaspoon of sunflower oil, mix.
2. Fry the minced meat until cooked in vegetable oil. Add onions to it and cook another 10-13 minutes. Put it out under the lid. Add salt and spices.
3. Beat eggs in a separate bowl, stir, add milk. Also, if desired, you can add tomato paste, soy sauce or sour cream. Mix all products thoroughly or whisk with a mixer.
4. Grease a baking sheet or baking dish with oil. Lay out half the total mass of noodles. Top with minced meat and remaining noodles.
5. Pour the whole mixture evenly with the egg mixture.
6. Grate the cheese and fill it with the last layer.
7. Put in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees until a golden crust appears.

If you are preparing a casserole for a child, limit yourself to using salt. Spices, peppers, sauce and pasta are best eliminated.

Loved by everyone, pasta casserole, as in kindergarten, is simple to prepare and tastes great. Sweet casserole with cottage cheese can be cooked with vanilla, cocoa powder. Salted casseroles are good with minced meat, mushrooms, various vegetables - zucchini, bell peppers, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli are suitable. Any greens will make the dish beautiful and the taste spicy.

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