Beef Pasticcio is easy to make, healthy yet delicious recipe to tickle your tastebuds for a delectable treat. Organic beef perked up with vegetables and low fat feta cheese, will surely take you to a scrumptious ride!
Ingredients
- Â Â Â 300g (3 cups) macaroni
- Â Â Â olive oil spray
- Â Â Â 1 onion, finely chopped
- Â Â Â 1 carrot, finely chopped
- Â Â Â 1 courgette, finely chopped
- Â Â Â 1 small red capsicum, seeded, finely chopped
- Â Â Â 350g lean beef mince
- Â Â Â 400g can tomato pasta sauce
- Â Â Â 250ml (1 cup) low-fat plain yoghurt
- Â Â Â 1 egg
- Â Â Â 40g crumbled feta
Method:
Step 1 Preheat oven to 180ºC. Cook pasta following packet directions. Drain well.
Step 2 Meanwhile, heat a large pan over a medium heat. Spray with oil. Add onion, carrot, courgette and capsicum. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 6-7 minutes, or until soft. Add mince. Cook, breaking mince up with a wooden spoon, for 5-6 minutes, or until browned. Add pasta sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Step 3 Add mince mixture to drained pasta and stir until well combined. With the back of a spoon, press pasta firmly into a 24cm-round spring form tin sprayed with oil.
Step 4 In a small bowl place yoghurt, egg and feta and
whisk until well combined. Pour yoghurt mixture evenly over pasta to cover. Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until top is golden. Remove and cool for 10 minutes. Remove from tin and cut in wedges.