Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Cheeseburger Pasta Bake

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cheeseburger pasta bake using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cheeseburger Pasta Bake:

1. Take 165 g rigatoni pasta, dry weight,
2. Prepare 250 g 5% lean beef mince,
3. Take 1/2 an onion, chopped,
4. Take 1.5 salad tomatoes, chopped, or around 5 baby plum tomatoes,
5. Take 1 rasher thick smoked bacon, cut into small pieces,
6. Get 1 tbsp tomato paste,
7. Make ready 60 g 50% reduced fat cheddar cheese, grated,
8. Take 1 pickled gerkin, sliced thinly into circles,
9. Make ready Salt and pepper to season,
10. Take 200 ml water,
11. Make ready 1 tbsp cooking oil
12. Take Spices:
13. Prepare 1 tbsp Spicentice 'gourmet burger rub', OR
14. Get 2 tsp Paprika,
15. Prepare 1 tsp Garlic granules,
16. Make ready 1 tiny pinch of red chilli flakes,
17. Take To drizzle on top:
18. Prepare Ketchup, & American mustard,
19. Make ready OR burger sauce

Instructions to make Cheeseburger Pasta Bake:

1. Heat a large frying pan up over a medium heat and add in the cooking oil. Once hot add the onions and fry gently for around 3-4 minutes. Next add the bacon and fry for a further two minutes. Add in the tomatoes then stir to combine.
2. Add in the beef mince and season well with salt and pepper. Break the mince down with a wooden spoon and begin to brown it off. Add in the dried spices, chilli and the tomato paste then stir. Add the water and turn the heat down a notch. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook gently whilst you cook the pasta according to packet instructions, but remove the pasta from the heat around 2-3 minutes before it's completely cooked so it's not too soft.
3. Drain off the pasta once cooked and add it in with the beef once the sauce has reduced by 95%. Season again with salt and pepper. Add the pasta mixture into an oven proof dish. Preheat the oven to 180 (fan).
4. Sprinkle over the grated cheese, making sure it's evenly covered right up to all edges. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until piping hot. Next add the pickled gerkins evenly over the top of the cheese then place under a medium heat grill until golden and bubbly on top. Drizzle over your choice of sauces, serve up and enjoy! :)

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