Macaroni with cottage cheese

Ingredients

• 400 g pasta
• 2500 ml water
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 4 thin slices of homemade ham (100 g)
• 400 g cottage cheese
• 250 g sour cream with at least 20% fat
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped dill

Preparation

1. Bring 2500 ml of water to a boil. Cook the pasta for 20 minutes or as long as the package says, until tender but still holding its shape, then drain. 2. Take the sour cream out of the fridge 15 minutes before using it. Peel the garlic, cut the ham into very small dice and mash the cottage cheese with a fork. 3. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the same pot. Add the crushed garlic and ham, then cook for 3 minutes, stirring, until the ham starts to brown. 4. Add the cooked pasta and cottage cheese to the pot. Stir 2 tablespoons of the warm mixture into the sour cream, pour it into the pot and heat everything over low heat for 1 minute, without letting it boil. 5. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper and 1 tablespoon of chopped dill. Stir and set the pot aside for 10 minutes.