Baked pasta
Directions
1. In a
Dutch oven or large frying pan, cook and stir onion and celery, add and stir ground
beef until brown.
2. When
the meat turns turn brown, add the flour and cook for a further minute.
3. Once
the mixture thickens, stir in the tomatoes and 150ml of boiling water.
4. Stir
well while the mixture comes to the boil.
5. Stir in
the stock cube, add some seasoning sauce. Simmer for two to three mins then
remove the pan from the heat.
6. Stir in
the pasta..
For the cheese sause,
You will need:
-30g butter
-30g plain flour
-300ml milk
-1 level tsp dry mustard
powder
-60g mature cheddar
cheese.
1. Melt the butter in a
saucepan and add the flour.
2. Cook for 1-2mins until
the mixture forms a tick paste.
3. Gradually add the
milk, allowing the mixture to boil between each addition of milk.
4. Remove pan from the
heat, add mustard powder and half the cheese.
5. Season to taste with
salt and pepper.
6. Tip the pasta sauce
into a dish.
7. Spoon the cheese sauce
over the pasta and spread it out to cover
8. Sprinkle over the
remaining cheese
9. Bake in centre of oven
for 30-40 mins at 200c (Gas mark 6), until golden on top and sizzling hot.
