Steps to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Cheeseburger Pasta Bake

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cheeseburger pasta bake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cheeseburger Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cheeseburger Pasta Bake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Cheeseburger Pasta Bake:

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