Baked Pasta with Ham and Zucchini

Let’s make a simple but delicious pasta baked with ham and zucchini in a creamy tomato sauce. It’s also a great way to disguise zucchini if your family doesn’t like them.

Summary

Ingredients

• Pasta – 125 g
• Ham – 100 g
• Young zucchini – 100 g
• Cream 20% – 200 g
• Pureed tomatoes – 150 g
• Mozzarella cheese – 150 g
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Ground dried paprika – 1 teaspoon
• Vegetable oil – 1 teaspoon + for greasing the mold
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper – to taste

Instructions

1. Peel and chop the garlic. Combine the cream, paprika, garlic, and black pepper in a deep bowl. Stir. Season with salt to taste. Leave it on for 30 minutes.

   

2. Bring one liter of water to a boil, add 1 teaspoon of salt and boil the pasta until half cooked. My pasta had to be cooked for 10 minutes, I cooked for 6 minutes. Drain and rinse the pasta under warm water. Let the water drain completely.
3. Rinse the zucchini and cut it into small cubes. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it up and add the zucchini. Saute the zucchini over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Cut the ham into strips. Place the cooked pasta in a large, deep bowl. Add ham and stir.
5. Put the grated tomatoes there and mix. Add the sautéed courgettes and stir.

   

6. Strain the cream, add to the pasta with ham, zucchini, and tomatoes. Stir.
7. Grease a baking dish (I have a ceramic one) with vegetable oil and put the pasta with ham and zucchini in a tomato-cream sauce there.
8. Grate the mozzarella on a fine grater and spread over the pasta.
9. Place the dish in the oven (I put it in the cold one). Bake pasta with ham and zucchini in the oven at 200 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove the casserole from the oven and let stand for 15 minutes.
10. Cut the pasta baked with ham and zucchini into portions and serve.

    

Bon Appetit!