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Spiral pasta and a tomato based meat sauce pasta bake in a rectangular baking dish resting on a tea towel
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Thermomix Beef and Vegetable Pasta Bake

Our Thermomix Beef and Vegetable Pasta Bake is easy to prepare, feeds a crowd and can also be frozen!
Course Dinner
Cuisine Australian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 804kcal

Equipment

  • 1 x large baking tray

Ingredients

  • 300 grams spiral pasta

Meat Sauce

  • 500 grams beef mince
  • 100 grams short cut bacon
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 20 grams olive oil
  • 80 grams brown onion cut in half
  • 80 grams zucchini cut into 3cm cubes
  • 60 grams carrot cut into 3cm cubes
  • 50 grams sweet potato peeled and cut into 3cm cubes
  • 800 grams crushed tomatoes
  • 50 grams tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
  • 100 grams water

Cheese Sauce

  • 30 grams butter
  • 20 grams plain flour
  • 250 grams milk
  • 100 grams tasty cheese cut into 3cm cubes
  • 25 grams parmesan cheese
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Place the garlic, short cut bacon and brown onion into your Thermomix bowl. Blitz for 4 sec, sp 5
  • Add the olive oil and cook for 3 mins, varoma temp, speed 2..
  • Add the zucchini, carrot and sweet potato and blitz for 4 sec, speed 5. Blitz for longer if you want it finer
  • Add the crushed tomatoes, mixed herbs, water and tomato paste and cook for 5 minutes, varoma temp, speed 2.
  • Place the beef mince into the steaming basket and break up with your spatula. Gently and carefully pop it into the TM bowl and cook for 8 mins, varoma temp, speed 3 REVERSE. At the 8 min mark, gently stir mince and cook for another 4 mins (or longer until it's cooked through) on varoma temp, speed 3 Reverse.
  • Carefully remove the basket from the TM bowl and place into your Thermoserver. Add the sauce and stir to combine. Set aside until needed.
  • Cook the spiral pasta as per the packet instructions. Drain and place the cooked pasta into a large oven safe baking dish.
  • To make the cheese sauce, place the cubed pieces of the tasty and parmesan cheese into a clean Thermomix bowl and blitz for 10 seconds on speed 10 or until finely grated.
  • Add the butter, plain flour, milk, nutmeg and salt and pepper to your Thermomix bowl and cook for 7 minutes at 80 degrees on speed 4.
  • Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and pour the meat sauce over the top of the cooked pasta and stir through. 
  • Pour the cheese sauce over the top of the pasta mixture and place into the oven to bake for 30 minutes.

Notes

This recipe is freezer friendly. Store in a freezer safe container for up to two months.

Nutrition

Calories: 804kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 564mg | Potassium: 1018mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 3742IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 309mg | Iron: 5mg