Pasta & bakes
Pasta bake with beef mince
A creamy bake with pasta, beef mince, peppers and sweetcorn beneath a golden cheese topping.
Swedish-inspiredOne baking dish
Ingredients
- 500 ml pasta
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 red bell pepper
- 500 g beef mince
- 1 small tin sweetcorn
- 100 ml grated cheese
- For the sauce: 2 tbsp butter
- 1½ tbsp plain flour
- 500 ml milk
- 3 ml salt and pepper
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
Method
- Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions.
- Grease an ovenproof dish with a little butter or oil.
- Peel and chop the onion. Deseed and dice the pepper.
- Fry the onion and pepper in a little butter or oil in a frying pan.
- Fry the mince in a little oil, stirring until browned.
- Add the mince, onion and pepper to the saucepan with the pasta. Add the drained sweetcorn.
- Transfer everything to the baking dish.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and stir. Add the milk and bring to the boil while stirring. Season with salt and pepper and add the mustard. Simmer for 3–5 minutes.
- Pour the sauce into the dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake in the centre of the oven at 225 °C for 10–15 minutes.