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Spicy Bolognaise

Spicy Beef Bolognaise Bake
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Oven Bake 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 10 Serves
Course: Main Course
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 30 ml Olive Oil
  • 2 tsp Garlic, chopped
  • 1 tsp Chilli, chopped
  • 1 Brown Onion, diced
  • 1/2 Red Capsicum, diced
  • 4 Bacon Rashers, diced
  • 100 gm Chorizo or Salami, diced
  • 1 kg Minced beef
  • 1 Carrot, grated or diced
  • 2 Stalks Celery, diced
  • 1 Zucchini, grated or diced
  • 2 Tbsp Smoked Paprika
  • 1 Can Crushed tomatoes
  • 1 Can Tomato Soup or double the tomatoes
  • 2 Cups Dry Macaroni or other small pasta
  • 1 1/2 Cup Pizza Cheese

Method
 

  1. Heat oil in a large oven proof pan if you have one, fry off onion, capsicum, bacon, chorizo, celery, carrot and zucchini with garlic until softened.
    onion, celery, carrot, capsicum, bacon, chorizo in fry pan
  2. Add minced beef, fry until browned, add smoked paprika, cooking 2 minutes.
    Browned beef and vegetables
  3. Add tomatoes and tomato soup if using, with 2 cans water, simmer 10 minutes
  4. In a bowl or jug place pasta and cover with boiling water, soak for 5-10 minutes
  5. Preheat oven 180 C
  6. Add drained pasta and simmer 10 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle with grated cheese, bake in oven for 20 minutes or until cheese has browned.
    Spicy bolognaise pasta bake
  8. Serve with a salad.

Notes

You can make this just as a pasta sauce, if so leave out the water and the pasta and then serve over your favourite pasta.
I often make 2, one to eat and one to freeze for later, I don't do the oven bake step though for the freezer one.