Recipe: Tasty Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake

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Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake. Dinner Ideas You'll Love To Serve From Classico's Pasta Recipes. Smoky Meatballs in a tangy tomato sauce, baked together with rigatoni pasta and topped with lots of bubbling melted cheese. If you're looking for a meal that the whole family will demolish, this Smoky Meatball Pasta Bake is just the thing!

This meatball mozzarella pasta bake is a definite crowd pleaser - layers of pasta in a smoky tomato sauce with beef meatballs, chorizo sausage and a gooey, melting mozzarella topping!

There's nothing more inviting than a hot, bubbling pasta bake, don't you agree?

Smoky Meatballs in a tangy tomato sauce, baked together with rigatoni pasta and topped with lots of bubbling melted cheese.

You can cook Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake

1. You need of Meatballs.

2. It’s 500 g of Beef Mince.

3. You need 100 g of Fresh Breadcrumbs.

4. It’s 2 tsp of Wholegrain Mustard.

5. You need 1 tbsp of Ketchup.

6. It’s 1 tsp of Garlic powder.

7. Prepare 2 tsp of Oregano.

8. Prepare of Salt.

9. It’s of Pepper.

10. You need 1 tbsp of Rapeseed Oil.

11. Prepare of Sauce.

12. It’s 1 of Small Onion (diced).

13. It’s 2 of Carrots (grated).

14. It’s 2 of Garlic Cloves (crushed).

15. You need of Chopped Tomatoes 400g Tin.

16. Prepare 4 tbsp of Tomatoes Puree.

17. Prepare 200 ml of red wine.

18. Prepare 2 tsp of Smoked Paprika.

19. Prepare 1 of Star Anise (Whole).

20. It’s of To Finish.

21. Prepare 400 g of Pasta.

22. It’s 100 g of Oak Smoked Cheddar.

23. You need 100 g of Mature Cheddar (grated).

Cook pasta according to the package instructions.

Make the smoky sauce, mix together the tinned tomatoes/pasta, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, paprika and a pinch of salt and pepper in a jug or bowl.

Remove the meatballs from the oven.

An easy meatball recipe - so easy it can be made ahead of time.

Smokey Meatball Pasta Bake instructions

1. For the meatballs, add all of the ingredients into a mixing bowl and combine with a fork. Using your hands form into balls, mine were around 30-40g each, just smaller than a golf ball. In a large, deep frying pan add the oil and bring up to a medium high heat. Seal the meatballs and remove from the pan. Reduce the heat to medium. Add a large pan of salted water and bring to the boil… ready for your pasta later..

2. For the sauce add the onions, carrot, garlic and star anise to the same pan. Fry these ingredients until they start to brown around 5 - 10 minutes, adding a little more oil if needed. Next, add the redwine and deglaze the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. This is a good time to add your pasta to you boiling water. Also preheat your oven to 200c..

3. Add the smoked paprika, chopped tomatoes and tomato puree to your frynimg pan and cook for 10 mins on a medium high heat. Keep working the sides and bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. The sauce should be darker in colour which signals its ready for the final step. You can add a splash of pasta water to loosen up the sauce if needed..

4. Drain your cooked pasta and add to your sauce along with your meatballs. Mix together to coat everything in your sauce. Top with the cheeses and set im the oven for 20 mins until golden brown on top..

Make them and stick in the fridge to make the bake the next day or make up a massive batch and freeze them for a rainy day.

Crock Pot Baked Pasta with Meatballs.

This crock pot recipe is perfect for any day of the week because the slow cooker makes it so easy!

Toss it all in the crock pot before you leave for the day and come home to dinner waiting.

Serve it with a salad and you have a complete meal.