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Summary

Prep Time 45 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 1 hr 5 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

Whole Wheat Pasta Bake with Carrots and Chestnuts
Whole Wheat Pasta Bake with Carrots and Chestnuts
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Instructions

  1. Toast the chopped chestnuts in a hot pan without fat. They can get nice and crispy. Add a little oil and add the diced onions and the spring onion slices. Steam for 5 minutes. Add the carrot slices, add the herb salt and vegetable stock powder, stir briefly and then put the lid on and let simmer for a few minutes over medium heat.
  2. After about 5 minutes, add a few stalks of thyme and approx. 200 ml of water and cook covered again. After another 5 minutes, add milk, tomato paste, cayenne pepper and pepper and cover again and continue to cook. After a short time, test the cooking point of the carrots, they should still be firm. Fish out the thyme stalks. Then add the sour cream and stir. Possibly add a few frozen herbs to taste.
  3. In the meantime add the cooking water for the pasta, add salt and then do not cook the pasta completely in it (approx. 3/4 of the cooking time), then drain, add to the vegetables in the pan and mix. Put in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in a preheated oven (180 ° C) for about 20 minutes until the cheese is nice and brown.