Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, pork mince and pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pork Mince and Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pork Mince and Pasta Bake is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pork mince and pasta bake using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pork Mince and Pasta Bake:
- Prepare 450 gm minced pork
- Make ready 800 gm chopped tomatoes (2x tins)
- Get 1 tbsp tomato puree
- Prepare 1 tsp mixed herbs
- Take 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- Take 1 tsp sugar (optional)
- Get 1/2 courgette (skin on), chopped
- Prepare 4 celery stalks, chopped
- Take 2 onions (medium), chopped
- Prepare 1 tsp garlic chopped
- Make ready pepper (to taste)
- Get 250 gm penne (or other pasta shapes)
- Prepare For the cheese sauce
- Make ready 40 gm flour
- Make ready 40 gm butter (or margarine)
- Take 400 ml milk (full fat)
- Get 100 gm mature Cheddar cheese, grated
Steps to make Pork Mince and Pasta Bake:
- Fry the onions and garlic gently in 1 tsp olive oil until soft
- Add the mince and fry gently until cooked through
- Add the tinned tomatoes, herbs, puree, Worcester sauce, sugar, pepper and chopped vegetables and simmer gently for 20 minutes
- For the cheese sauce:
- Melt the butter or margerine, stir in the flour and cook on a gentle heat for 2 minutes
- Gradually add the milk and stir until thickened
- Add the grated cheese handful by handful to taste
- Meanwhile, cook the penne for 5-10 minutes in boiling water until undercooked – drain and leave aside
- Place the mince into a baking dish, put the macaroni on top and pour with the cheese sauce, top with more grated cheese if wished
- Bake in the oven at 190’C/Gas mark 5 for 20 minutes or until the cheese is golden and bubbling and the pasta is soft
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