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Baked Spaghetti
Recipe video above. It's your favourite Bolognese - in the form of a juicy pasta bake! Do a quick simmer - or go all out and slow cook for a couple of hours for a richer sauce and melt-in-your-mouth beef. **FREEZER BEAUTY!** Can even bake from frozen (see notes).
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 45m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 1h 30m👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●oven
- ●pan
- ●spatula
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Sauce:
2
Heat oil in a large, heavy based pot over medium high heat.
3
Add garlic and onion, cook ⏱️ 2 minutes.
onion (, finely chopped)1(200g) mozzarella cheese, shredded2 cups
4
Add celery and carrot, cook ⏱️ 3 minutes.
carrot (, finely diced (optional))1(200g) mozzarella cheese, shredded2 cups
5
Turn heat up to high, add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go.
6
Once beef is brown, add wine. Simmer rapidly for ⏱️ 2 minutes.
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Add remaining Sauce ingredients, stir.
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Bring to simmer, lower heat, cover with lid. Simmer for ⏱️ 45 minutes (minimum) or 1.⏱️ 5 - 2 hours (best!).
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If liquid evaporates too much, add water - should be saucy (see video/pics). Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
Salt and pepper(200g) mozzarella cheese, shredded2 cups
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Assemble & Bake:
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Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
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Cook pasta per packet directions, minus ⏱️ 1 minute.
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Drain, then return into pot.
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Add just over half the Sauce, toss.
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Spread half the pasta in a casserole pan, spread with half remaining Sauce.
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Top with cheese slices, then remaining pasta, remaining Sauce, finish with mozzarella.
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Cover loosely with foil (so cheese doesn't stick), bake ⏱️ 25 minutes.
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Remove foil (reserve), bake further ⏱️ 10 minutes than remove.
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Cover loosely with foil, stand ⏱️ 10 - 15 minutes. Then cut slices with a knife and use a spatula to serve pieces like lasagna!
Nutrition Facts
calories
486 kcal
fat Content
15 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
9 g
sodium Content
690 mg
protein Content
32 g
cholesterol Content
72 mg
carbohydrate Content
51 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
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