Cheesy Pasta Bake
A slow cooked meat sauce to serve in a delicious cheesy pasta bake!
Equipment
- 3.5L slow cooker
- Large oven proof dish
- Spray Oil
Ingredients
Meat Sauce for slow cooking
- 500 gram beef mince
- 100 grams sundried tomato strips, chopped
- 1 small onion, fine diced
- 2 large flat mushrooms, fine diced
- 4 cloves Crushed garlic
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 50 grams concentrated tomato paste
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp Dried oregano
- 2 tsp beef stock powder – I use Massel brand
- 1 tsp Brown sugar
- 500 grams pasta bake sauce – creamier than regular pasta/spaghetti sauce (I use Leggos brand)
Other Needs
- 500 grams (dry weight) penne pasta, cooked
- 2 cups grated cheddar cheese
- 75 grams extra sharp grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Add all the meat sauce ingredients to slow cooker
- Cook on low for 5hrs
- Spray your large oven dish with non-stick oil spray.
- Combine cooked pasta with the meat sauce and gently pour into your oven dish
- Top with both cheeses and place under hot grill in the oven until cheese melts and begins to brown (approx 10mins)
- Lovely served with a crisp side salad and garlic bread
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Tomorrow nights dinner. Sounds great.
Made this for the first time tonight and it absolutely didn’t disappoint.
So full of flavour and even the kids loved it.
I did swap out the mince for diced chicken but will try it with the mince next time.
Hubby went back for seconds and has requested it again & again
This was lovely, will cook again, I only used half a bag of pasta.
Kids enjoyed it and it made a lot so there are leftovers for lunch.
hey! has anyone tried to freeze this? if so did it still taste nice? want to do some meal prepping 🙂
thanks!
I haven’t tried to specifically Dana for this one but I’d frozen other pasta and sauce dishes like spaghetti bol etc no problems.
I’ve asked folks HERE for you too though x
Hi,
Could you cook on high? If so how long?
Thanks 😊
You’d probably get the meat sauce cooked in around 3hrs high or a little longer, depending on your cooker 🙂
Delicious pasta meal.
Used a jar of Leggo’s Pasta Bake sauce; Creamy Sundried Tomato and Garlic.
Mr Teenager had seconds.
Always a great dinner when the teens approve!
First time making this one.
Master 17y rated it 9.5/10!
Along with going back for seconds. We had as a stand alone dish this time, it was amazing & taste did not disappoint!
That’s some great feedback! Thanks for your fab 5-star review Tracey! 🙂
I used diced chicken instead of beef mince. The ingredients in this recipe when combined make for a beautiful flavoured meal. Will definitely be doing this again.
So pleased you enjoyed it too Carol 🙂
Best pasta bake I’ve had in a LONG time. Used the Leggos bolognese and bacon jar sauce as I realised I didn’t have a pasta bake leggos sauce. And 1 tsp of white sugar instead of brown (this may have helped it to taste so good!).
Will definitely cook this again
So happy you loved it Jane! And thanks for leaving your feedback 🙂