Easy Pasta Bake from Fair Dinkum Fare chilli sauces

Fair Dinkum Fare’s Mark Beale loves this Pasta Bake recipe because it is easy and delicious. “I make it for gatherings of family or friends and I always get requests to make it again. It is a great dish to make with your children to help them learn how to cook. Your children could make it on their own if they have done some food technology in high school.” This easy pasta bake recipe makes a family meal that you can serve with crusty bread and a salad.

Ingredients

• 500 g minced beef
• 1 whole onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic chopped
• 1 whole carrot cut into matchsticks
• 1 stick celery finely chopped
• 2 slices bacon finely chopped
• 300 g mushrooms sliced
• - - Good squirt of tomato paste
• - - Your favourite Fair Dinkum Fare chilli sauce to taste
• ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
• ¼ cup white vinegar
• - - Dried Italian herbs
• ½ cup red wine
• - - Olive oil
• - - Good squirt of tomato sauce
• - - Tin tomato soup
• 2 cups grated cheese

Preparation

1. Add oil to a pan and fry the onion, bacon and garlic slowly for 5 minutes, stirring regularly so that it does not burn. Add the celery, carrot and mushrooms and cook a further 3-5 minutes. Add the meat, mix well until it is browned.
2. Add red wine and allow to boil so that the alcohol boils off.
3. Add vinegar, tomato paste, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, Worcestershire sauce, dried herbs and mix well.
4. Add tomato soup and cook gently for 30 minutes.
5. Boil a pot of water and add 200g spiral pasta to cook then drain.
6. When sauce and pasta are both cooked, mix together than add to a large baking dish. Cover with cheese and cook in a moderate oven for 20 minutes to allow the cheese to brown.
7. Serve with crusty bread.