Rigatoni al forno

I made the decision to create two blogs about cooking - one in romanian which is http://madampuffy.blogspot.com/ and one in english for my friends from different countries in the world. So if you will see some spelling or grammar mistakes please have patience with me. I try to improve my english every day.....


So, the first recipe is `Rigatoni al forno`, one of my favorite dishes.


Ingredients:
- a bag of rigatoni;
- one small carrot finely grated;
- an onion finely minced;
- 250 - 300 gr. mincemeat - beef or pork;
- 8 - 10 slices ham;
- 10 mushrooms - i always use champignon;
- spices (thyme, basil, pepper, chilli) according to taste;
- grated cheese  and a bit of parmesan;
- tomatoes sauce;
- butter/olive oil;
- a little cup of breadcrumbs.

Preparation:

You must boil the rigatoni first with some salt and olive oil added in the boiling water.

While the rigatoni are boiling you must fry the carrot and the onion until they soften. After they soften add the mushrooms (finely chopped). Let them all fry until all the juices from the mushrooms decrease. Then add the mincemeat and the ham (chopped). Keep frying.
When the mince meat is done add the tomatoes sauce, salt and spices, all according to taste.
After another 5 minutes the sauce is done.

Blend the sauce with the rigatoni.

After that you must take an oven trey, grease it with some butter or olive oil, add some breadcrumbs just to cover the butter/oil. Put the rigatoni (blended with the sauce earlier) in the tray, add the grated cheese and the parmesan and put it in the oven. Might take from 20 to 40 minutes, depending of the oven so keep checking the trey to see when it`s done.

Bon appetit!