Baked Macaroni Dish with Sheep`s Cheese, Yogurt and Herb Dip

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Ingredients for 6 portions
  • For the baked dish
  • 500 g QimiQ Classic, room temperature
  • 200 g Macaroni
  • 500 g Ground meat
  • 2 Onion(s), finely sliced
  • 100 g Tomato paste
  • 100 g Sheep’s cheese, grated
  • 200 g Natural yogurt
  • 2 tbsp Corn starch
  • 40 ml Olive oil
  • 2 Garlic clove(s), finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp Oregano, fresh
  • Salt and pepper
  • 100 g Leek, finely sliced
  • 4 Tomato(es), diced
  • 50 g Green olives, minced
  • 50 g Black olives, minced
  • 100 g Sheep’s cheese, grated
  • Butter, for the baking tin
  • For the herb dip
  • 250 g QimiQ Classic, room temperature
  • 200 g Natural yogurt
  • 20 ml Olive oil
  • 1 tsp Mixed herbs, frozen
  • Salt and pepper
Method
1.
Preheat an oven to 320 °F (conventional oven).
2.
For the baked dish: cook the macaroni al dente.
3.
Fry the minced meat and onion and add the tomato puree.
4.
Whisk the unchilled QimiQ Classic smooth. Add the sheep´s cheese, yogurt, corn starch, oil, garlic and oregano and mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper and add the cooked macaroni.
5.
Pour half of the mixture into the greased baking dish and cover with the fried minced meat.
6.
Arrange the leek, tomato and olives over the minced meat and cover with the remaining macaroni.
7.
Cover and bake in the preheated oven for approx. 50 minutes.
8.
Uncover, sprinkle with the sheeps cheese and bake with increased top heat for a further 5 minutes.
9.
For the herb dip: whisk QimiQ Classic smooth. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.