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Beef pasticcio

This rich and warming beef pasticcio recipe is the ultimate cool-weather comfort food, perfect for a cold night in.

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 50 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 2.3
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 300g (3 cups) macaroni
    • olive spray oil
    • 1 onion, finely chopped
    • 1 carrot, finely chopped
    • 1 courgette, finely chopped
    • 1 small red capsicum, seeded, finely chopped
    • 350g lean beef mince
    • 400g can tomato pasta sauce
    • 250ml (1 cup) low-fat plain yoghurt
    • 1 egg
    • 40g crumbled feta
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Cook pasta following packet directions. Drain well.

    2 Meanwhile, heat a large pan over a medium heat. Spray with oil. Add onion, carrot, courgette and capsicum. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 6-7 minutes, or until soft. Add mince. Cook, breaking mince up with a wooden spoon, for 5-6 minutes, or until browned. Add pasta sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes.

    3 Add mince mixture to drained pasta and stir until well combined. With the back of a spoon, press pasta firmly into a 24cm-round springform tin sprayed with oil.

    4 In a small bowl place yoghurt, egg and feta and whisk until well combined. Pour yoghurt mixture evenly over pasta to cover. Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until top is golden. Remove and cool for 10 minutes. Remove from tin and cut in wedges.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pasta, and ensure pasta sauce and yoghurt are gluten free.

    HFG tip

    Make ahead: Assemble pasticcio and refrigerate until ready to cook. Or cook, cool and refrigerate or freeze – it tastes even better when reheated.

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