A straightforward cheesy pasta bake without any extras - one for the kids.
Cheesy Pasta Bake
| Side Dish | Vegetarian | Pasta Grains And Alternatives |
Ingredients
- 300 g pasta
- 50 g mozzarella cheese
- ½ tbsp butter
- 50 g onion
- 2 x cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 350 ml milk
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 100 g mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Preparation
- Grate the mozzarella.
- Dice the onion.
- Crush the garlic.
Method
- Step 1
- Preheat a fan-assisted oven to 175°C.
- Step 2
- Set the pasta to boil.
- Step 3
- Melt the butter in a small frying pan over medium heat.
- Fry the onion till soft.
- Add the garlic and fry for 1 minute.
- Step 4
- Turn the heat down to medium-low.
- Add the milk and 50g of mozzarella.
- Stir until the mozzarella is melted.
- Step 5
- Add the flour, salt and pepper and stir in.
- Remove from the heat.
- Step 6
- Grease a large casserole dish.
- Drain the cooked pasta and add it to the dish.
- Stir in the milk-cheese mixture.
- Step 7
- Sprinkle the remaining 100g of mozzarella over the pasta.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Alex