Cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.
⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
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Drain.
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To assemble
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Grate the cheese and cut the butter into cubes.
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Grease a baking dish with the oil and lay one layer of noodles in it.
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Sprinkle some of the cheese, the butter cubes and the salt over it, and keep layering this way until the noodles are used up.
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Pour the milk, cold, over the top, without flooding.
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Sprinkle the rest of the cheese over the top layer.
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Bake at 180°C (355°F), until the noodles brown.
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360calories
14 gprotein
46 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 16%● carbs 53%● fat 32%
Per serving (118 g), of 8 servings
For the Cooked pasta · To assemble ·
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Milk: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 244 g · 60 kcal per 100 g · More about Milk →
🔧 Tools needed (8) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels
Oven· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Pot· Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Baking pan· Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
Cutting board· Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Colander· Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
Grater· Also works: Food processor (Grating disc, more to wash)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Knife (Chop finely, different texture)
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