Healthy Ham and Pasta Bake

4 SERVINGS

Do hodinky

Buy all ingredients right below the recipe

INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon olive oil
75 g white onion (finely chopped)
200 ml semi-skimmed milk
150 g mozzarella
Salt
Pepper
300 g any whole grain pasta in dry form (e.g., spelt pasta)
300 g chicken ham (95% meat)
5 eggs size M

INGREDIENTS FOR SERVING

Pickled cucumbers

YOU MIGHT NEED

Cooking utensils

INSTRUCTIONS

1
First, preheat the oven to 190–195 °C and prepare a baking dish (30 cm × 40 cm).
2
Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package.
3
While the pasta is cooking, heat a pan with olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the onion to the pan and sauté over medium heat for 2–3 minutes. Then slice the ham into thin strips, add them to the onion, and sauté for another 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave the ham and onion in the pan.
4
Drain the cooked pasta, add it to the pan with the ham, season with salt and pepper, and transfer the entire mixture to the baking dish.
5
In a smaller bowl, whisk the eggs together with the milk, pour this mixture over the pasta in the baking dish, and mix well.
6
Finally, coarsely grate the mozzarella over the pasta, place it in the preheated oven, and bake for 15–17 minutes at 190–195 °C.
7
After baking, you can serve.

Tip

Serve the ham and pasta bake with pickled cucumbers.

Jíme zdravě

Learn to eat without guilt. Recipes that are varied and nutritionally balanced. Jíme zdravě will show you original tips for quick and healthy cooking. The author of the photograph is Marie Bartošová.