Pick Your Beast Pasta Casserole
From elgourmand 14 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a nice, easy and delicious casserole. The one fun and tricky part is that you have to balance it. You’ll see a substantial variable with the bacon, butter and olive oil. That’s mostly because your mince and my mince are not the same mince. Read more Our beef mince here is very lean and our lamb mince has a fair bit of fat and the bacon we get here is mostly fat. I give guidelines here but you have to judge your ingredients and use more or less as is needed. Sure you’ll make this your own and good on you but keep the above in mind so you don’t wind up with a dry crumble or a greasy mess. Oh, Bon Apatite. See less
Ingredients
- • 500g (1lb) pasta, Elbow, rigatoni, rotini, whatever. shopping list
- • 500g (1lb) lamb or beef mince, your choice. shopping list
- • 2 Tbs olive oil shopping list
- • 2 – 6 strips smoked bacon, chopped. shopping list
- • ¼ cup sliced fresh mushrooms. shopping list
- • ¼ cup sliced kalamata olives. shopping list
- • ½ cup broccoli florets, cut into lady fingers. shopping list
- • 1 red bell pepper, chopped. shopping list
- • 1 small stalk celery, chopped. shopping list
- • 1 lg clove garlic, diced. shopping list
- • Pinch or two of fresh basil, to taste. shopping list
- • Pinch or two of italian seasoning, to taste. shopping list
- • 2 Tbs sour cream. shopping list
- • 3 – 4 Tbs real mayonnaise. shopping list
- • 2 – 4 Tbs butter, to balance. shopping list
- • 1 - 4 med hot chilies, (optional) to taste. Poblanos work well here. shopping list
- • Sprinkle of paprika shopping list
- • salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste. shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Cook the pasta just al dante, drain, rinse in cold water and set aside to drain.
- 2. In a large skillet heat the olive oil and add the bacon, garlic and celery, cook until bacon is soft and sizzling.
- 3. Add the mince and cook to med done, stirring frequently.
- 4. add the mushrooms, olives, broccoli, bell pepper, basil, Italian seasoning and chilies (if using).
- 5. Cook mixture until done to your liking, gently folding often.
- 6. preheat oven to 190 deg C (375 deg F).
- 7. Put the pasta in the pot you cooked it in and add the meat mixture, add salt and pepper to taste. Stir until well mixed.
- 8. Add the butter, mayo and sour cream and mix thoroughly.
- 9. Poor into a large casserole dish, sprinkle with paprika, cover and bake for 30 minutes.
- 10. Uncover and bake for 15 more minutes.
- You can add a beaten egg to the mix when you put the meat and pasta together if you don’t think your mince has enough suet to hold the casserole together. Enjoy.
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