Mince Pasta Bake

Ingredients

• 40g Butter
• 40g flour
• 500ml milk
• Pasta
• 1 egg
• Parmesan cheese
• Breadcrumbs
• “Bolognese” Sauce

Instructions

Make a standard red sauce. Minced onion and garlic, ground beef, crushed tomatoes, salt, basil. Let that simmer while you do the rest of the recipe.

Make a bechamel sauce. Melt a stick of butter and add 1/2 cup flour. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon for about a minute. It should be yellow at this point. Whisk in 5 cups of milk a bit at a time and continue whisking until thick, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Boil water for some pasta. I prefer penne for this but it's up to you. Cook according to package directions.

Mix cooked pasta and meat sauce together and spread it in a large baking dish. Beat an egg into the bechamel sauce and pour it on top of the pasta mixture. 

Mix together parmesan cheese and bread crumbs and sprinkle on top of everything. 

Bake at 180c for 20 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown. 

Give it time to cool and rest before serving, or else the bechamel will ooze everywhere when you first cut into it. Leftovers can be put in the fridge without issue.