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Pasta with Ground Meat in a Multicooker

Quick, simple, and easy, made from everyday ingredients! Pasta with ground meat in a multicooker is a recipe that bails you out when you need to make dinner without a stovetop. It's very convenient — the meat and pasta cook at the same time, and the result is every bit as good as the stovetop version.

katushafin

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pasta

200

Ground meat

350

Tomatoes (small)

Onion

Vegetable oil

Dried spices

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 18 % 7 g

Fats 43 % 17 g

Carbohydrates 40 % 16 g

250 kcal

GI: 13 / 88 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min

Step 1:

How do you make pasta with ground meat in a multicooker? Gather the ingredients. Use good-quality durum-wheat pasta — it's tastier, more wholesome, and holds its shape better. I'd also suggest the kind that takes longer to cook — 10 minutes or more. Thin spaghetti, though, is better cooked the usual way. Any ground meat works; mine is homemade ground beef. Instead of fresh tomatoes you can use tomato paste or canned tomatoes.
Step 2:

Peel, wash, and finely dice the onion.
Step 3:

Peel the tomatoes. To do this, wash them and cut a shallow cross in the bottom of each.
Step 4:

Put the tomatoes in a bowl and cover them with boiling water so they're submerged. Hold them in it for 1 minute, then transfer them to another bowl of cold water.
Step 5:

The temperature shock makes the skins slip off easily and quickly. You don't have to peel the tomatoes — if you'd rather not, skip these steps.
Step 6:

Cut the tomatoes into quarters and remove the tough stem core. Cut the tomatoes however you like; I cut mine into wedges.
Step 7:

Choose a setting on your multicooker suitable for frying. On mine it's "Bake." Set the time to 15 minutes. Add the vegetable oil and press start. After a minute, once the oil is hot, add the onion to the bowl. Fry it, stirring, for a couple of minutes until translucent.
Step 8:

Then add the ground meat. Break up the big clumps with a spoon. Close the lid and fry the meat to the end of the program, stirring it a couple of times along the way.
Step 9:

When the frying program ends, add the tomatoes to the bowl and spread them evenly over the meat. Add the pasta.
Step 10:

Pour in the water — it should be freshly boiled or very hot, so the appliance doesn't have to spend time heating it. The water should cover the pasta. I overdid the amount a bit; I could have used a finger's width less. Add salt and spices to taste. I used Italian herbs and ground black pepper.
Step 11:

Close the lid and switch to the "Stew" setting for 20 minutes. After the end-of-program signal, open the lid, stir the pasta, and let it sit covered for another 5 minutes to absorb the remaining water.
Step 12:

Plate the pasta with ground meat and serve with cheese and fresh herbs. Enjoy!

As I mentioned, I had a bit too much water, so a little was left at the end. But that didn't keep the pasta from being delicious and appetizing. A good dish for that handy little helper!
The tomatoes in this recipe can be replaced with ketchup, canned tomatoes in their own juice, or tomato paste. Adjust the proportions to taste.
Keep in mind that the cooking time and setting given in the recipe are approximate. All multicookers work differently, and even identical models from the same maker can have their own quirks. Before making a dish that's new to you in a multicooker, read its manual carefully, then in practice start with dishes you already know before moving on to new ones, dialing in the setting and time for your own appliance.
For how to cook pasta properly, how to cook it al dente, how to choose a quality product to avoid disappointment, and much more, see the article "Pasta — the fine points of choosing and the secrets of cooking it."