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Great Nan's Pasta Bake.

You can cook Great Nan's Pasta Bake using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Great Nan's Pasta Bake

1. You need 1 of onion - chopped.
2. You need 375 g of mince (pork and/or beef).
3. Prepare 8 of ozs penne pasta.
4. Prepare 2 tbs of passata or one tsp tomato puree.
5. You need of salt and pepper.
6. Prepare of parsley.
7. You need of White sauce.
8. You need 2 oz of Pure Margarine.
9. It's 2 tbs of plain flour.
10. Prepare half of pint milk.
11. You need of grated cheese.

Great Nan's Pasta Bake step by step

1. Fry the onion for one minute then add mince. Brown the mince and add passata or tomato puree..
2. Add half a cup of water, cover and simmer until water has evaporated. Cook pasta and drain well..
3. Cover the base of your dish with half the pasta then top with all the mince. Sprinkle mince with the parsley, then layer the rest of the pasta on top..
4. Make white sauce (melt the butter, add the flour then slowly add the milk while bringing to a boil and stirring constantly) and pour over pasta. Sprinkle with cheese if desired. (Season mince, pasta and white sauce as you go along)..
5. Cook for approximately half an hour until golden brown (gas mark 5 / 190). Mins looks very pale because I made a gluten and dairy free version for the children..