Neapolitan Macaroni Recipe

Ingredients to make Neapolitan Macaroni:

• 300 grams of Macaroni
• 150 grams of Mozzarella
• 1 jar of crushed tomato
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 zucchini
• 1 onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 handful of aromatic herbs (oregano, thyme and parsley)
• 1 bay leaf
• 50 grams of flour
• 150 milliliters of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt

How to make Neapolitan Macaroni:

1. To make the Neapolitan sauce, put a splash of oil in a casserole, the tomato, the peeled and chopped onion, the garlic clove, the bay leaf and the sprig of aromatic herbs.
2. Cook over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes and when the sauce is very concentrated, remove the herbs, bay leaf and garlic, season and reserve.
3. On the other hand, cut the zucchini into slices, season, pass through flour and fry in abundant oil. We put them on kitchen paper to release excess oil and reserve.
4. The slices will allow us to assemble our Neapolitan pasta dish more easily, but depending on the mold, we can also make sliced ​​fried zucchini.
5. Next, we cook the macaroniin the traditional way with boiling water and salt.
6. When they are cooked, drain and put in a bowl, add the butter and stir well so that it melts into the pasta.
7. We preheat the oven to 170ºC and in a dish we begin to prepare our macaroni dish by placing alternate layers of pasta, zucchini, mozzarella discs, tomato sauce, ending with a layer of cheese.
8. Bake au gratin in the oven for 15 minutes or until we see that the surface of our Neapolitan macaroniis golden and slightly crisp.
9. Let rest for a few minutes and serve this delicious dish of macaroni with sauce.
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