Not quite lasagne
I had been looking forward to lasagne all day today. It's cold and wet and I wanted some comfort food. When I got home from work, I got stuff out to make it and realised I had no lasagne sheets! Now I could have gone to the shops and got some but as I mentioned it was wet and I just did not want to go back out. What I did have was penne pasta, so I decided to use it instead and make a lasagne/pasta bake.
I will be doing this again, although with more pasta in it, it is way more filling.
Ingredients
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500g mince beef (I use lean)
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1 onion
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4 or 5 mushrooms
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500g carton tomato passata
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4 cloves garlic
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Handful fresh basil
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300g penne pasta (or fusilli or whatever you like)
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Bechamel/white sauce
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20g soft goats cheese
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50g grated cheese
Method
Preheat oven to 180oC (fan)
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Brown mince in a pan, add onions and garlic, season with some salt and pepper and cook until soft
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While onions are softening make your bechamel/white sauce, you will need around 200ml and cook pasta
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Add mushrooms to mince and onions and cook for 2-3 mins then add in passata and simmer for at least 20mins, add basil at the end
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Drain pasta and toss in bechamel sauce
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Layer pasta on bottom of an oven proof dish and add mince on top, repeat.
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Top with cheeses
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Bake for around 15 minutes until cheese is melted and golden.