Beef and Pasta Bake – the Greatest!

• 1
  

  tablespoon olive oil
  

• 1
  

  onion, chopped
  

• 2
  

  garlic cloves, chopped
  

• 2
  

  slices bacon, fats eradicated and finely chopped
  

• 1
  

  carrot, finely chopped
  

• 500
  

  g minced beef (1 pound)
  

• 440
  

  g condensed tomato soup (14oz)
  

• ¹⁄₃
  

  cup tomato paste
  

• 1
  

  tablespoon tomato sauce (ketchup)
  

• 1
  

  teaspoon oregano
  

• 150
  

  g spiral formed pasta (uncooked)
  

• 1
  

  cup grated cheddar cheese
  

instructions

• Preheat oven to 180 (350F).
• Heat oil in colossal pan; cook onion, garlic, bacon and carrot, stirring, til carrot is acceptable relaxed – about 8 minutes *.
• Add mince and cook, stirring, til mince adjustments coloration; then add undiluted soup, tomato paste, sauce and oregano and simmer, lined, about 15 mins or til mixture has thickened a diminutive.
• While beef mixture is simmering, cook pasta and drain. Poke pasta into beef mixture, then spoon into an oiled deep 8 cup capability ovenproof dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 15 mins or till browned a diminutive.
• *While you happen to buy to want to, you would possibly perhaps add a stick of chopped celery alongside with the onion and so forth or add some mushrooms appropriate sooner than the mince.