I suggest you quickly and effortlessly prepare a hearty dinner that you will love. We will prepare nests - these are meat products rolled up in the form of nests from spaghetti noodles or tagliatelle paste. Minced meat is used as a filling. Thus, the pasta looks appetizing, which is liked not only by adults, but also by children.
It is better to use homemade minced meat for the filling. Beef and pork are perfect for this dish. Adding onions will make it much juicier, and your favorite seasonings will be more aromatic. It is better not to add bread at all; this product takes away the juice from the meat. Also, be careful with spices so as not to overwhelm the taste of the finished dish. But you definitely need to add an egg to the minced meat, then the cutlets that are placed on the noodles will be softer.
I recently told you how to cook nests in the oven and those who managed to try such a delicious dish were delighted. Today I’ll tell you a way to cook faster. Of course, there are many cooking options, but we choose the one that is simpler and easier to prepare. By the way, for example, I would prepare such a dish for a holiday table. After all, you must admit there are a lot of holidays, but oh, how much I want to diversify the menu.
So, look at the recipe and begin the process.
Step-by-step cooking recipe
Quick dinner (lunch) – Nests of pasta with minced meat! Both children and adults will like it!
This dish will definitely please the kids. Pasta nests with minced meat look so beautiful and interesting on a plate that you really want to try them. Children will definitely love this original preparation of pasta. And adults are unlikely to refuse to try them. The dish is simple, but filling and tasty. In fact, these are meatballs wrapped in long noodles and soaked in vegetable sauce. The taste of this dish is familiar, but the appearance is very nice.
Recipe for pasta - nests with minced meat step by step:
First, finely chop the onion.
Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
In a frying pan (I have a diameter of 28 cm), heat the vegetable oil and add some of the onion. Fry a little and add carrots. Fry over medium heat, stirring frequently, until browning begins.
While the vegetables are roasting, prepare the nests.
Combine minced meat and chopped onion. Add salt, black pepper. And knead well with your hands.
We fill the noodle nests tightly with the prepared minced meat.
Add tomato paste, salt and black pepper to the carrots and onions. Stir and fry for another 1 minute.
Pour in about half a liter of boiling water and stir well.
Place the stuffed nests in the frying pan.
Add enough boiling water so that the nests are immersed in liquid to the top (otherwise the top will remain hard).
Bring to a boil.
Cover the pan with a tight lid and reduce the heat to low.
Simmer the stuffed nests for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, grate the cheese.
Sprinkle the nests with grated cheese.
Close the pan with a lid again. Simmer for another 3 minutes.
Nests can be served immediately after cooking, but it is better to let them sit 5
You can watch the cooking process in a short video recipe.
How to cook Shrimp Nests
Prepare your ingredients.
Boil the shrimp for a couple of minutes, cool and peel.
Boil the pasta for 4-5 minutes until half cooked. Then form nests from the pasta and place them in a frying pan with high walls.
Place shrimp on top of pasta.
Pour cream into the pan.
Sprinkle everything with salt, pepper, add paprika and dry garlic.
Cover everything with grated hard cheese. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the nests for 5 minutes over medium heat.
Bon appetit!
Recipe for nest with minced meat and sour cream
Nests with minced meat are always tasty, quick and original. For the recipe, you can take any minced meat, and also add mushrooms for aroma and rich taste.
Ingredients:
- “nest” pasta (4 pcs.);
- 220 g mushrooms;
- a cup of milk;
- 110 ml sour cream;
- two onions;
- salt, oregano, oil.
265 g minced meat;
Cooking method:
- Take a wide mold, grease it with oil, and lay out the nests. The recesses need to be filled with minced meat, which we mix with chopped onions and spices.
- Chop the remaining onion and mushrooms and fry in a frying pan, season with salt, sprinkle with oregano, pour in all the dairy products and a glass of water, simmer the sauce for a couple of minutes and pour in the nests with minced meat.
- Place the pan with the contents on the stove and cook the dish for 25 minutes. When serving, the nest can be sprinkled with chopped herbs and cheese shavings.
Italian nests with minced meat
In Italy they love pasta dishes. And today we will not cook pasta, but nests, the main thing is that the products are of high quality.
Ingredients:
- “nest” pasta (8 pcs.);
- eight quail eggs;
- 480 g homemade minced meat;
- one carrot and two onions;
- three tomatoes (ripe);
- 55 g Parmigiano cheese;
- dried Italian herbs;
- olive oil, salt.
Cooking method:
- First of all, we chop the onion and lightly sauté it in olive oil, then add the grated carrots. As soon as the vegetables are browned, add the tomatoes, peeled and cut into cubes. Pepper the ingredients, add salt and simmer until soft.
- While the vegetables are cooking, we will mix the minced meat with spices and finely chopped remaining onion.
- We place nests on the stewed vegetables, put twisted meat in the grooves, pour water halfway up the height of the pasta, season with herbs and simmer under the lid for 15 minutes.
- As soon as the nests are ready, lightly press the quail egg into the minced meat, sprinkle with grated cheese, simmer for another three minutes and turn off the heat.
Nest noodles with minced meat in a frying pan
Photos of this dish are presented in our article. The most popular type of minced meat in nests is meat. Let’s take a closer look at this recipe.
You will need the following products:
- Onion – 2 pcs.
- Noodle nests – 10 pcs.
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- frying oil;
- Minced meat – 500 grams.
- Garlic – 2 cloves.
- Salt, ground pepper - to taste.
- Hard cheese – 100 grams.
- Water or ready-made broth.
You can use more ingredients if you need to prepare many servings. How to cook nest noodles with minced meat in a frying pan? The recipe for this dish is quite simple and memorable.
To begin, finely chop one onion and grate the carrots. Pour oil into a hot frying pan and put the prepared vegetables there. Fry until done.
Add finely chopped onion and garlic, salt and pepper to the minced meat. Mix everything thoroughly. Divide the resulting mass into ten equal parts.
Place dry pasta nests in a deep frying pan. Place minced meat balls in them. Place roasted vegetables on top. Pour broth or just salted water over everything. The liquid should cover 2/3 of the sockets. Cover the pan with a lid and place on the stove. When the liquid boils, reduce heat and cook for 30-40 minutes. During this time, almost all of the broth should be absorbed into the pasta. Grate the cheese and sprinkle it on the nests. Cover the pan again with a lid. Let the cheese melt a little. Remove the pan from the stove.
Serve the nests hot. You can sprinkle them with chopped herbs on top. This dish can be served for lunch with vegetables.
Recipe for nest with minced meat and cream
Cream is a product that goes well with both meat and any pasta. They add a delicate creamy taste to any dish. And now we will tell you how to cook nests - a recipe with minced meat and cream.
Ingredients:
- “nests” (12 pcs.);
- 480 g homemade minced meat;
- one egg;
- 110 g cheese (hard);
- one onion;
- three cloves of garlic;
- three tbsp. spoons of breadcrumbs;
- five tbsp. spoons of sour cream;
- ½ liter of cream;
- two tbsp. spoons of flour;
- teaspoon dried basil;
- three tbsp. spoons of butter (butter);
- a few sprigs of parsley, spices.
Cooking method:
- Beat an egg into the twisted meat, add breadcrumbs (breadcrumbs), add spices to taste and two cloves of a spicy vegetable passed through a press, as well as grated onion and one spoon of sour cream. Mix the ingredients well together.
- We oil the mold (deep), lay out the nests, roll the minced meat into balls and place them in the recesses of the pasta.
- To pour into the cream, pour flour, spices, basil, add chopped garlic cloves and the remaining sour cream, mix everything using a blender.
- Carefully pour the resulting mixture into the mold, without touching the products themselves. Place a piece of butter on top of each nest on top of the minced meat and place the mold with the contents in the oven for 15 minutes (temperature 200°C).
- Then cover the nests with foil and bake in cream for another 25 minutes. After that, remove the foil, sprinkle the products with grated cheese and cook until golden brown.
How to cook pasta nests with minced meat
And so we chose the dish that we will prepare for dinner for tonight. We decided to do without the side dish. Since the nests will be filling anyway. They were poured with tomato sauce and covered with cheese on top. It turned out incredibly delicious! So, if this option interests you, check out this recipe that you will like.
Ingredients:
- Nests – 12 pcs.;
- Minced meat – 500 gr.;
- Egg – 1 pc.;
- Onion – 1 medium or 2 small heads;
- Garlic – 2 cloves;
- Tomato paste – 1 tbsp. l.;
- Ketchup – 2 tbsp. l.;
- Cheese – 100 gr.;
- Salt, pepper - to taste.
1. Grind the meat in a meat grinder. As I already said, it’s better to use two types; it’s up to you to decide which one it will be.
2. Peel the onion, wash it and finely chop it into cubes. Add to the twisted meat. We break the egg here.
3. Pass the garlic through a press or chop it. This process is made easier if the vegetable is first crushed with a knife and then chopped. Immediately salt and pepper the twisted meat. All that remains is to mix the whole mass. To improve the taste, choose your favorite spices that you want to add to the minced meat. Try not to overdo it. Don't forget about greens (dill, parsley, cilantro), because aromatic herbs will also come in handy.
4. To be honest, it’s better to buy ready-made pasta called tagliatelle. It will be much better than spaghetti. And the dish is prepared faster. After all, pasta is sold ready-made and rolled into nests, while spaghetti needs to be boiled and shaped into pieces.
5. The frying pan determines what kind of dish you get. Whether the finished products will burn or not. It’s better to use a non-stick one, but if you don’t have one, then generously grease the pan with oil. Place the nests in it tightly to each other, then 12 pieces will fit, that is, a package.
6. Take the minced meat in your hand and form it into cutlets of such a size that they are larger than the nests themselves. Because when stewing, the filling will become smaller. It is better to divide the minced meat into 12 parts.
7. Prepare the sauce, put tomato paste and ketchup on a plate.
8. Dilute this mass with warm water and stir until smooth. For the best aroma, add dried garlic to the sauce if desired. And most importantly, don't forget to add a little salt. Since the salt poured into the minced meat will not be enough.
Spaghetti in the oven
Pasta in the form of nests is sold ready-made, but you can also prepare an original tasty dish from spaghetti. If you don’t know how, then write down a recipe for spaghetti with minced meat in the oven.
Ingredients:
- 255 g spaghetti;
- four eggs;
- four pieces of pork;
- sweet pepper fruit;
- 110 g butter (butter);
- dried ginger;
- basil leaves;
- 55 g cheese (hard).
Cooking method:
- At the first stage, we boil the spaghetti until tender, adding salt to the water. Place the finished pasta in a colander, rinse and set aside for now.
- Now take small pieces of pork, season with spices and fry until soft, then cut into cubes.
- Cut the basil leaves and bell pepper into strips.
- Now take the cake pans, grease them with butter and place the spaghetti in the shape of a nest.
- Place strips of basil, pieces of fried pork, sweet peppers in the recesses, and sprinkle with dried ginger.
- Now we beat eggs into each nest, place the molds with the contents on a baking sheet and put them in the oven for 15-20 minutes (temperature 180°C).
- Immediately sprinkle the hot nests with chopped cheese.
In the oven
Nest noodles can be cooked not only in a frying pan, but also in a slow cooker or in the oven. This dish is sure to please both guests and household members. The technology for preparing nests in the oven differs little from the method described above. You need to prepare the minced meat, place it in the noodle nests, put everything in a baking container and pour in the broth. Cover the top of the form with foil, in which you need to make two or three punctures.
Place in the oven for 30-40 minutes. When this time has elapsed, remove the foil, fill the nests with hard cheese and place in the oven for another 5-10 minutes so that the cheese melts.
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Delicious dish with vegetables and minced meat
Appetizing nests with juicy meat filling and colorful vegetables will especially appeal to little gourmets, and adults will not refuse such a hearty dish.
Ingredients:
- nest pasta (250 g);
- two carrots;
- large tomato;
- two fleshy sweet peppers;
- 480 g minced meat;
- 185 g hard cheese;
- salt, oil.
Cooking method:
- Grind the carrots and cheese and place the ingredients in a bowl, add the chopped sweet peppers and tomatoes. Salt the ingredients and mix.
- Place minced meat, chopped vegetables and cheese in a frying pan, add salt and fry until the meat ingredient is ready.
- Boil the nests until tender, remove them carefully so as not to destroy the shape, place them on a dish, fill them with filling, decorate them with vegetables if desired, and serve.
Option with minced chicken in a frying pan
Nests can be prepared with different fillings from any meat, supplemented with vegetables, mushrooms and other ingredients. The dish can be baked or cooked in a regular frying pan; the main thing is not to overcook the pasta so that it holds its shape when serving.
Ingredients:
- “nests” (8 pcs.);
- 580 g minced chicken;
- bulb;
- two cloves of garlic;
- 85 g cheese (hard);
- 280 ml broth;
- salt, parsley.
Cooking method:
- For this dish, you can buy ready-made minced chicken, but it is better to take a poultry breast and grind it in a meat grinder along with an onion and a spicy vegetable. Add spices to the minced meat to taste and mix everything thoroughly.
- We put our nests in the frying pan, fill them with meat filling, pour in the broth so that the products drown in it 2/3 of the way. The broth must be salted. Cover with a lid and simmer the dish over low heat.
- As soon as there is almost no liquid left, sprinkle the nests with cheese shavings and continue cooking until it is completely melted.
Pasta nests with minced meat in a frying pan
A hearty dinner that is both pleasing to the taste buds and the eyes is pasta nests with minced meat. In a frying pan they turn out more tender and juicy than when baked in the oven.
Ingredients:
- pasta – 10 pcs.;
- minced meat (beef) – 50o gr.;
- broth – 500 ml;
- cheese – 300 gr.;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- pepper, salt, herbs - to taste.
Boil the pasta until half cooked (al dente), carefully remove from the water with a slotted spoon. Pass the onion and garlic through a meat grinder, mix with minced meat, season with salt and pepper. Add chopped herbs to the minced meat. Place the nests in a frying pan, place minced meat balls on top of them, fill the workpiece with broth to 2/3 of the height of the pasta.
Bring the liquid to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the intensity to low and simmer the dish for 20 minutes. 5-7 minutes before readiness, sprinkle with grated cheese.
In a slow cooker
You can also cook delicious nests with juicy filling in a slow cooker. We also use any minced meat and vegetables for the filling.
Ingredients:
- “nests” (6 pcs.);
- 255 g minced meat;
- two tbsp. spoons of mayonnaise and ketchup;
- two cloves of garlic;
- bulb;
- one tomato;
- 110 g cheese (semi-hard);
- spices, herbs.