Cheesy Meatball and Pasta bake
Cheesy Meatball and Pasta bake

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cheesy meatball and pasta bake using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cheesy Meatball and Pasta bake:
  1. Take 6 meatballs
  2. Make ready 2 cups pasta (spiral, rigatoni, etc)
  3. Get Sauce
  4. Prepare 1 tsp minced garlic
  5. Get 3 cups chopped and de-skinned juicy tomatoes
  6. Make ready 1/2 reserved cooked pasta liquid (or substitute with red wine)
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp paprika powder
  8. Make ready 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  9. Prepare Salt and pepper to taste
  10. Take Topping
  11. Take Equal parts grated mozzarella and cheddar cheese (as much as you like)
  12. Make ready Fresh rosemary twig
Instructions to make Cheesy Meatball and Pasta bake:
  1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease 2 since serving baking dishes or one medium dish and set aside
  2. In an oiled heated pan, shallow fry meatballs until brown. The pan must be hot for the meatballs to brown quickly without overcooking inside
  3. Cook pasta per package instructions and leave to drain in a colander while you make your sauce, but reserve some liquid for the sauce. Reserve more than the recipe calls for so that you can get the sauce to a consistency you like
  4. Make the sauce by sautéing minced garlic until fragrant. Add tomatoes and cook until tender, mashing through with the back of a fork or potato masher.
  5. As the liquid in your sauce starts to reduce, add the reserved pasta liquid, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, and seasoning. Let this cook on medium for 5minutes. Stir the meatballs into the sauce to tenderize
  6. Start to layer your dish in the baking pan with pasta, sauce, and cheese (in that order). Then dig holes into this layer with your meatballs at random. Repeat the layering until all ingredients are finished. Place a rosemary twig atop the contents and bake for 10minutes
  7. Serve and enjoy with green beans or whatever suits your fancy

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