Spaghetti & Mince Meat Casserole

[HelenN]

Name of Recipe:  Spaghetti & Mince Meat Casserole
Number of People:  4-5
Ingredients:
250g spaghetti (or penne pasta)
500g minced steak
30g butter
1 clove garlic
1 onion
410g tomato puree
salt & pepper
oregano/mixed herbs
1/2 cup grated parmesan

1 quantity white sauce (as per EDC)

Preparation:
Cook the spaghetti/pasta as per EDC and place in a deep lasagne dish

Chop onion and garlic 8 seconds speed 7
Add 30g butter and saute 100^o for 2 minutes on speed 1
Add mince and cook at Varoma Temp 10 minutes   +  
Add tomato puree, salt, pepper and herbs and cook on Varoma Temp 15 minutes   +   (leave MC inclined to prevent spitting)

Once cooked put the meat mixture over the pasta and stir through in the lasagne dish

Make up white sauce (as per EDC) - needs to be of a thick consistency

Pour white sauce over top of the meat and pasta

Sprinkle with cheese

Bake uncovered in oven at 180^o for 30 minutes

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Tips/Hints:

Good one of freezing!

This is my first post - hope you enjoy!  

members' comments

Caroline J - I had to tweak this quite a bit because I didn't want to go to the shops in the rain. I used a pasta sauce instead of the tomatoes, added 2 roasted red capsicums as I needed to use them up, added 2 carrots to the onion and garlic to increase the vegie count, added frozen peas and corn to the meat sauce before cooking.  It really is a fantastic recipe that you can tweak and change easily. Anyway, the verdict- it's delicious!!  I had to use two baking dishes for this, so have frozen one as suggested. 5/5

[judydawn]

Good one HelenN - could add some vegies to the meat sauce too.   Great family meal.

[Very Happy Jan]

Yes it does sound like a nice winter meal and as JD say lends itself to hiding a few vegies.  Well done HelenN

[Caroline J]

I was just coming on here to get mince meat suggestions for dinner tonight.  It's all I have in the fridge, and it's so cold and wet in Perth here today, I don't want to take the kids out to the shops.  So, we'll be making this tonight- review later!

[Caroline J]

I had to tweak this quite a bit because I didn't want to go to the shops in the rain  .  I used a pasta sauce instead of the tomatoes, added 2 roasted red capsicums as I needed to use them up, added 2 carrots to the onion and garlic to increase the vegie count, added frozen peas and corn to the meat sauce before cooking.  It really is a fantastic recipe that you can tweak and change easily.

Anyway, the verdict- it's delicious!!  I had to use two baking dishes for this, so have frozen one as suggested

5/5

[Thermomixer]

Good work HelenN.  Sounds like a great family meal indeed - very easy and so yummy