Name: Minced Meat with Macaroni
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 Portionen
Ingredients: 1 piece Onions; 1 piece Garlic clove; 1 tbsp Frying butter; 150 g Carrots; 500 g Minced meat (beef or mixed); 2 tbsp Tomato puree; 300 ml Bouillon (hot) or gravy; 400 g Macaroni; to taste Salt; to taste Pepper; Grated cheese; 4 container Applesauce

1

Prepare onions and garlic

Peel and halve 250g onions. Peel 1 garlic clove.

2

Chop onions and garlic

Thermomix® Setting

3 sec/Speed 5

Place onions and garlic in the mixing bowl and chop for 3 sec./speed 5. If necessary, scrape down the sides with the spatula.

3 sec

3

Sauté onions and garlic

Thermomix® Setting

3 min/248°F/Speed 1 248°F

Add 1 tbsp frying butter to the onions and garlic in the mixing bowl and sauté for 3 min./120°C/speed 1.

3 min

4

Prepare carrots

Peel 150g carrots and cut into coarse pieces.

5

Chop carrots

Place the WunderSlicer V2 with the fine slicer on the mixing bowl lid. Add celery and carrots through the WunderSlicer V2 into the mixing bowl and collect. Alternatively, the chopped vegetables can be added directly to the mixing bowl.

6

Add and sauté vegetables

Thermomix® Setting

5 min/248°F/Speed 1 248°F

Add carrots to the onions and garlic in the mixing bowl. Sauté for 5 min./120°C/speed 1.

5 min

7

Brown meat

Brown 500g minced meat (beef or mixed) in a separate pan with some oil until crumbly and season with salt and pepper.

8

Add minced meat, tomato puree and bouillon

Thermomix® Setting

15 min/212°F/Linkslauf Speed 1 212°F Reverse

Add the browned minced meat, 2 tbsp tomato puree and 4dl bouillon (hot) to the mixing bowl. Simmer for 15 min./100°C/reverse rotation speed 1.

15 min

9

Cook macaroni

Meanwhile, cook 320g macaroni in salted water according to package instructions.

10

Season sauce

Season the sauce with salt, pepper and paprika. If necessary, add some more bouillon if the sauce is too thick.

11

Mix macaroni and sauce

Thermomix® Setting

2 min/Linkslauf Speed 1 Reverse

Drain the cooked macaroni and add to the mixing bowl together with the sauce. Mix for 2 min./reverse rotation speed 1.

2 min

12

Arrange and serve

Thermomix® Setting

30 sec/Speed 2

Arrange the minced meat with macaroni on plates and serve with grated cheese. For a particularly creamy consistency, replace the mixing knife with the Milkix and stir in for 30 sec./speed 2.

30 sec