Description
A quick and easy alternative to lasagne. Always a hit with the kiddies. Serve as is or with salad and garlic bread for a complete meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200g thick spaghetti pasta or pasta of choice
- 100g grated cheese, to top
Meat sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, grated or diced
- 1 large zucchini, grated or diced
- 1 celery stick, diced
- Olive oil
- 4 rashers of bacon, diced
- 400g good quality beef mince
- 170g tomato paste
- 1 beef stock cube or 1 teaspoon of beef stock paste
- 50mls water
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and pepper
White sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon mustard powder
- Salt and pepper
- 500g milk
- 50g butter
- 50g flour
- 50g grated cheese
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to directions on packet. Drain and place in the bottom of a large casserole dish.
- Place onion, garlic and vegetables into a frying pan.
- Add a drizzle of oil and cook over a medium heat until onion is slightly translucent.
- Add bacon and mince.
- Cook on until brown.
- Add tomato paste, water, stock, sauce and season well with salt and pepper. Add more water if it isn’t saucy enough.
- Cook under reduced slightly and thickened.
- Pour over the top of the pasta.
- Add butter to saucepan.
- Melt over medium heat.
- Once melted add flour, mustard powder and garlic powder and whisk over heat until combined well. Continue to whisk for a minute to cook the flour off but be sure not to burn it.
- Slowly drizzle in the milk and whisk at the same time. Continue to whisk until thickened and desired consistency.
- Add cheese. Mix to combine.
- Pour over mince layer.
- Top with grated cheese and bake until golden. Approximately 20-30 minutes.
- Serve as is or with salad and garlic bread for a complete meal.
- Prep Time: 35
- Cook Time: 20
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4