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Air-fryer macaroni and tomato gratin

Name: Air-fryer macaroni and tomato gratin
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Home-style, International
Ingredients: 160 g Macaroni (dry); 1500 g Water (for boiling; almost all is discarded); 4 g Salt (for the cooking water; mostly discarded); 180 g Spanish-style cooked tomato sauce; 0.5 g Oregano (dried); 50 g Gouda cheese (grated; use microbial rennet for a vegetarian version)

Total time35 min Preparation and possible waiting 5 min · Cooking 30 min

Preparation and possible waiting: 5 min · Cooking: 30 min

Total recorded in the recipe. Preparation may include resting, soaking or chilling. Active work and waiting are not yet recorded separately; check the steps before planning.

Servings2

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Cereals containing gluten: Ingredient to check: Macaroni. Milk: Ingredient to check: Gouda cheese. Indicative information from the listed ingredients, not a complete allergy assessment. Check all product labels, optional ingredients and cross-contact. Composition to check: Spanish-style cooked tomato sauce.

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Macaroni cooked al dente, mixed with tomato sauce and finished with a cheese topping in the air fryer.

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5 minpreparation and possible waiting

30 mincooking

2servings

888 kcalwhole recipe

444 kcalper serving

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Total time: 35 min Preparation and possible waiting 5 min · Cooking 30 min

Preparation and possible waiting: 5 min · Cooking: 30 min

Total recorded in the recipe. Preparation may include resting, soaking or chilling. Active work and waiting are not yet recorded separately; check the steps before planning.

Recipe characteristics

Vegetarian Pasta 30 to 60 minutes Home-style

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Diet

Vegetarian

Dietary requirements

Egg-freeNut-freePeanut-freeSoy-freeFish-freeShellfish-freeSesame-free

Dish type

Pasta

Meal

LunchDinner

Preparation

BoilingBakingFrying

Appliances

Air fryerCasserole

Cuisine

Home-styleInternational

Season

All year round

Occasion

Everyday menu

Total time

30 to 60 minutes

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Recipe characteristics

Dish type

Pasta

Meal

Lunch · Dinner

Total time

30 to 60 minutes

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Macaroni dry 160 g
Water for boiling; almost all is discarded 1500 g
Salt for the cooking water; mostly discarded · Approx. ⅔ level tsp of fine salt 4 g
Spanish-style cooked tomato sauce 180 g
Oregano dried 0.5 g
Gouda cheese grated; use microbial rennet for a vegetarian version 50 g

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Method

Bring the water and salt to the boil in a saucepan. Add the macaroni and cook for one minute less than the pack instructions, stirring at the start to prevent sticking.
Reserve 30 g of the cooking water and drain the pasta. Mix the macaroni with the cooked tomato sauce, oregano and reserved water so the sauce stays moist.
Transfer to a heatproof dish about 18 cm across that fits the basket and cover with the grated Gouda.
Preheat the empty air fryer for 3 minutes at 180°C.
Bake for 5–7 minutes at 180°C until the cheese melts and colours. Remove with oven gloves and divide between two plates.

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