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Created by Fiona Pillay

Pasta Bake with Mince and Cream

Ingredients:

• 500g pasta
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 3 full peppers (green, yellow, red)
• Green chillies
• 2 cloves garlic
• Soya mince or mutton mince
• 500ml fresh cream
• 500g cheese

Method:

1. Sauté the onion, peppers, tomato, chillies, and garlic in a pan over low-medium heat for 10 minutes.
2. Add thyme, garlic powder, masala, black pepper, and dried parsley. Braise until the mixture reduces to a mince Bolognese sauce, cooking on low for 20 minutes and high for the last 5 minutes.
3. Boil the pasta in salted water with a tablespoon of oil and dried thyme until 90% cooked. Strain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process. Set aside.

Assembly:

1. In a baking tray, create layers in the following order:

a. 1/3 fresh cream
b. Sprinkle of cheese
c. 1/3 boiled pasta
d. Half the mince
e. Layer of cheese
f. 1/3 cream
g. 1/3 pasta
h. Remaining half of the mince
i. Layer of cheese
j. Remaining pasta
k. Remaining cream and cheese on top
l. Sprinkle with dried parsley

Note: Adding cream between layers ensures the pasta absorbs it and cooks through fully.