STEAK MINCE PASTA BAKE

STEAK MINCE PASTA BAKE
1 kg of steak mince
1 onion peeled and finely chopped
5 cloves of garlic peeled and finely chopped
1½ teaspoons of salt
3 tablespoons of tomato paste
1 tablespoon of freshly ground black pepper
1 chopped chili
1- 2 tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons of oil for frying onions
2 cups of grated cheddar cheese
1 pack of elbow or macaroni or shell pasta cooked per packet instructions.

White Sauce
Fry your onions in the oil on medium to high heat until golden brown , next add your steak mince, black pepper , garlic, chili and salt. Cook for 10-15 minutes stirring when needed. Next add your tomato paste and sugar and cook for a few minutes. Add some hot water and cook on medium heat for 35 minutes until all water is cooked away and make sure you stir to prevent mince from sticking to pot.

Next mix the cooked pasta, half of your white sauce with the mince mixture and add 1 cup of cheddar cheese and stir – Pour this in a large baking tray or dish and pour over remaining white sauce and cheese. Bake in a preheated oven on 200 ºC for 30 minutes . Serve with a green salad .

The most delicious white sauce / Cheese Sauce
150 grams of butter
¾ cup of cake flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of fine black pepper
½ a teaspoon of nutmeg
1 tablespoon of mustard powder
1 liter of warm to hot milk
1 cup of grated cheese if you making a cheese sauce

Add butter to a medium sized pot and allow to melt on medium to high heat, now add the flour, salt and spices and stir into butter with a hand whisk for a minute or two to allow the flour to cook through. Now add your milk a cup at a time stirring with your whisk until the sauce thickens. Repeat this process with adding the warm milk and stirring continuously until all the milk has been used and your sauce is silky and a bit thick.
For cheese sauce add you grated cheese at this point and stir till all cheese has melted

Add this sauce to your Macaroni and Cheese, Chicken pasta dishes and lasagna dishes.
Delicious
Source-Fatima sydow
photo- Fatima sydow