THE Baked Pasta Dish | Recipe Finder

Ingredients

• Meat Sauce
• 450g (1lb) lean minced lamb
• 450g (1lb) lean minced beef steak
• 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, very finely chopped
• 2 large Spanish onions, very finely chopped
• 3 (400g) tins quality chopped plum tomatoes
• 2 handfuls fresh basil, finely chopped
• 2 or 3 red chillies finely chopped, seeds intact
• 1 (250ml) jar sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil, chopped (NB: save the oil)
• 2 tsps freshly ground black pepper
• 1 heaped tsp sea salt
• 1/2 tsp cayenne peppeer
• 1 tsp hot paprika
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• Pasta
• 225g (1/2 lb) uncooked Penne pasta (macaroni works just as well)
• Topping
• 4-6 handfuls
• 2-3 handfuls