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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have cheeseburger pasta bake using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cheeseburger Pasta Bake:
- Take 165 g rigatoni pasta, dry weight,
- Take 250 g 5% lean beef mince,
- Get 1/2 an onion, chopped,
- Get 1.5 salad tomatoes, chopped, or around 5 baby plum tomatoes,
- Take 1 rasher thick smoked bacon, cut into small pieces,
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato paste,
- Take 60 g 50% reduced fat cheddar cheese, grated,
- Make ready 1 pickled gerkin, sliced thinly into circles,
- Make ready Salt and pepper to season,
- Prepare 200 ml water,
- Get 1 tbsp cooking oil
- Make ready Spices:
- Make ready 1 tbsp Spicentice 'gourmet burger rub', OR
- Prepare 2 tsp Paprika,
- Get 1 tsp Garlic granules,
- Take 1 tiny pinch of red chilli flakes,
- Prepare To drizzle on top:
- Take Ketchup, & American mustard,
- Make ready OR burger sauce
Transfer hot pasta to prepared slow cooker and immediately stir in boiling water (pasta will sizzle). Effectively a cheeseburger style pasta bake which you could add much more to - mushrooms, extra bacon, chillis etc you'll love it, it's freezable and will feed a family comfortably for a super cheap price! Try another all-time favorite burger combo: a bacon cheeseburger. For a smoky bacon flavor, use process sharp Cheddar cheese.
Instructions to make Cheeseburger Pasta Bake:
- Heat a large frying pan up over a medium heat and add in the cooking oil. Once hot add the onions and fry gently for around 3-4 minutes. Next add the bacon and fry for a further two minutes. Add in the tomatoes then stir to combine.
- Add in the beef mince and season well with salt and pepper. Break the mince down with a wooden spoon and begin to brown it off. Add in the dried spices, chilli and the tomato paste then stir. Add the water and turn the heat down a notch. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook gently whilst you cook the pasta according to packet instructions, but remove the pasta from the heat around 2-3 minutes before it's completely cooked so it's not too soft.
- Drain off the pasta once cooked and add it in with the beef once the sauce has reduced by 95%. Season again with salt and pepper. Add the pasta mixture into an oven proof dish. Preheat the oven to 180 (fan).
- Sprinkle over the grated cheese, making sure it's evenly covered right up to all edges. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until piping hot. Next add the pickled gerkins evenly over the top of the cheese then place under a medium heat grill until golden and bubbly on top. Drizzle over your choice of sauces, serve up and enjoy! :)
Cheeseburger Pasta. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Cheeseburger Pasta that is unlike ANY pasta you will ever try. It's loaded with flavor and coated in the lightest cheese sauce that perfectly compliments every ingredient. A family-friendly pasta skillet recipe with ground beef, seasoned tomato sauce, ketchup and cheese for the cheeseburger flavor profile. I spooned it in to the boiling sauce mixture letting a little pasta water get in so the sauce wasn't so thick!
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