Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake
Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, smokey meatball pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Smoky Meatballs in a tangy tomato sauce, baked together with rigatoni pasta and topped with lots of bubbling melted cheese. If you're looking for a meal that the whole family will demolish, this Smoky Meatball Pasta Bake from Ciara at My Fussy Eater is just the thing! Ready for a meatball pasta bake?

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have smokey meatball pasta bake using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake:
  1. Make ready Meatballs
  2. Take 500 g Beef Mince
  3. Get 100 g Fresh Breadcrumbs
  4. Make ready 2 tsp Wholegrain Mustard
  5. Take 1 tbsp Ketchup
  6. Get 1 tsp Garlic powder
  7. Take 2 tsp Oregano
  8. Get Salt
  9. Get Pepper
  10. Take 1 tbsp Rapeseed Oil
  11. Prepare Sauce
  12. Make ready 1 Small Onion (diced)
  13. Get 2 Carrots (grated)
  14. Take 2 Garlic Cloves (crushed)
  15. Prepare Chopped Tomatoes 400g Tin
  16. Take 4 tbsp Tomatoes Puree
  17. Get 200 ml red wine
  18. Get 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
  19. Prepare 1 Star Anise (Whole)
  20. Take To Finish
  21. Get 400 g Pasta
  22. Take 100 g Oak Smoked Cheddar
  23. Make ready 100 g Mature Cheddar (grated)

Swap the homemade meatballs for ready-made if you like. When it is how you like it - 'al dente', or slightly softer - drain. This Cheesy Meatball Pasta Bake Recipe is one your family is going to absolutely LOVE. So easy to make and even more delicious to eat!

Instructions to make Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake:
  1. For the meatballs, add all of the ingredients into a mixing bowl and combine with a fork. Using your hands form into balls, mine were around 30-40g each, just smaller than a golf ball. In a large, deep frying pan add the oil and bring up to a medium high heat. Seal the meatballs and remove from the pan. Reduce the heat to medium. Add a large pan of salted water and bring to the boil… ready for your pasta later.
  2. For the sauce add the onions, carrot, garlic and star anise to the same pan. Fry these ingredients until they start to brown around 5 - 10 minutes, adding a little more oil if needed. Next, add the redwine and deglaze the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. This is a good time to add your pasta to you boiling water. Also preheat your oven to 200c.
  3. Add the smoked paprika, chopped tomatoes and tomato puree to your frynimg pan and cook for 10 mins on a medium high heat. Keep working the sides and bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. The sauce should be darker in colour which signals its ready for the final step. You can add a splash of pasta water to loosen up the sauce if needed.
  4. Drain your cooked pasta and add to your sauce along with your meatballs. Mix together to coat everything in your sauce. Top with the cheeses and set im the oven for 20 mins until golden brown on top.

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