Baked Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce

Name: Baked Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1.2 kg spaghetti squash; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 0.5 pcs onion; 1 pcs carrot; 2 cloves garlic; 200 g minced meat; 400 g chopped tomatoes with herb; 1 dl grated cheese; 1 tbsp parmesan

1 hr 20 min

2 portions

baked beef autumn

Plan this

The squash becomes the bowl — fill it with meat sauce, top with cheese, and bake until golden. A fun autumn dinner the whole family gets excited about.

Instructions

1
Cut the squash in half lengthways and scoop out the seeds. Brush the flesh with oil and place the halves cut-side down on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
2
Roast at 180 °C for 10 minutes. Flip them cut-side up and roast for another 10 minutes, until the flesh is soft.
3
Meanwhile, finely chop the onion and carrot. Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat and fry the onion, garlic, and carrot until soft and translucent. Tip the vegetables into a bowl.
4
In the same pan, fry the minced meat until browned, then add the chopped tomatoes. Stir the vegetables back in.
5
Use a fork to scrape the squash flesh out in long strands — leave about a centimetre of flesh inside the skin. Mix the squash strands into the meat sauce.
6
Fill the squash shells with the meat sauce and scatter grated cheese and parmesan on top. Gratinate in the oven for 8–10 minutes, until the cheese is golden.