Stuffed Pasta

Lazy & Tasty !

Pasta isn't something I cook very often. Recently I enjoyed a gorgeous, light lunch made by a friend of pasta, salad & garlic bread. The pasta was oven baked, the huge pasta shells stuffed with chicken, cheese dressed in a gorgeous creamy sauce. Its early Friday evening, after finishing work late I wonder what I can quickly bring together to serve something tasty but quick to make. I remember this dish, wonder if I can utilise the carton of minced beef I have in the fridge. I quite fancy pasta & decide to make some spicy meatballs, I have mozzarella cheese - the flavours should work well together.

Ingredients

Extra Large Pasta Shells

Mozzarella Cheese
Jacobs Cream Crackers

Minced Beef

Back Bacon

Onions

Red Peppers

Garlic

Chilli

Spices

Tinned Plum Tomatoes

Method

• Rinse the minced beef under running cold water

• Crush a handful of Jacobs Cream Crackers into tint breadcrumb size pieces

• Cut a couple of rashers of back bacon into small pieces, add to the minced beef

• Add some spices to suit your taste, I used chilli, salt & pepper, fenugreek, garlic & paprika
• Mix all together into a firm ball. Add some flour to your hands then take a small pinch of minced beef & roll between your plans into a small ball. Now you have a meatball :) Do this until all the minced beef is used. You can serve with spaghetti.

• Brown the meat balls evenly in a saucepan, keep turning continuously until totally browned

• Add the tinned tomatoes, chop the tomatoes into small pieces, add some tomato puree & some water
• Rinse the mozzarella, dice into small cubes

• Boil a large panful of salted water
• Add the pasta & cook for about 9 minutes
• Rinse the pasta under cold water. Pat dry then place into large oven proof dish
• Tuck the mozzarella pieces into the large pasta shells

• Next add the meatballs into the shell alongside the cheese

• Add the remaining tomato dressing & sauce. Cover the meatballs as much as possible

• I drizzled some chilli guava dipping sauce over the meatballs

• Cover the pasta with tin foil & pop into a pre medium heated oven for about 15 mins.
• Serve immediately with garlic bread, salad etc
• ENJOY!!!