Macarona Bechamel Pasta Bake with a Tomato Salad:
A beef mince and bechamel sauce pasta bake
A beloved comfort food in Egyptian cuisine, made of a flavourful meat sauce and penne pasta, topped with a creamy bechamel sauce.
Cals 979 · Prot 56 · Carbs 101 · Fat 39
Family Friendly
Global Eats
60 min
A beloved comfort food in Egyptian cuisine, made of a flavourful meat sauce and penne pasta, topped with a creamy bechamel sauce.
Cals 979 · Prot 56 · Carbs 101 · Fat 39
Family Friendly
Global Eats
Ingredients
Meat sauce
Grass fed Beef Mince
350 Grams
White onion
1 Piece
Vegetable oil
0.5 Tbsp
Arabic mix masala
4 Grams
Allspice powder
2 Grams
Water
100 ML
Tomato passata
200 Grams
Salt
0.3 Tsp
Black pepper
0.3 Tsp
Penne
Penne
10*11*
180 Grams
Bechamel sauce
Water
250 ML
Chicken stock cube
4*5*9*15*
1 Piece
Butter
4*
30 Grams
Plain flour
10*11*
30 Grams
Whole milk
4*
200 ML
Salt
0.3 Tsp
Black pepper
0.3 Tsp
Nutmeg
1 Gram
Salad
Tomatoes
1 Piece
Fresh parsley
15 Grams
Sumac
2 Grams
Allergens
*10 Wheat, *11 Gluten, *4 Milk, *5 Eggs, *9 Soya, *15 Celery
Due to production methods, we cannot guarantee our products are completely free from any allergen such as
Peanuts,
Tree Nuts,
Sesame Seeds,
Milk,
Egg,
Fish,
Crustaceans,
Molluscs,
Soya,
Wheat,
Gluten,
Lupin,
Mustard,
Sulphur dioxide and
Celery.
Nutritional information
| Per Serving* | |
|---|---|
| Energy (kJ/kcal) | 4108 / 979 |
| Fats (g) | 38.8 |
| of which saturated (g) | 19.3 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 101 |
| of which sugars (g) | 19.9 |
| Fibers (g) | 7.6 |
| Proteins (g) | 55.6 |
| Salt (g) | 3.8 |
*The nutritional information only applies to ingredients
supplied by Hello Chef. The cooking process and
additional ingredients added at home will affect
total values.
Before you start
Please wash your hands and rinse all fresh fruits and vegetables prior to cooking.
Instructions
1 Boil pasta
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil.
- Boil the pasta for 7-8 min until al dente.
- Drain and set aside.
Tip! Drizzle the pasta with a small amount of oil to help prevent it sticking.
2 Prep
- Meanwhile, boil the measured water.
- Peel and finely chop the onion.
- In a jug, dissolve the stock cube in 1 cup boiled water - this is the stock for step 4.
3 Make meat sauce
- Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil.
- Fry the onion for about 5 min until softened, stirring occasionally.
- Add the mince and cook for 5-7 min until browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
- Add the Arabic masala, allspice, passata, measured water, salt and pepper, and simmer for 5 min.
- Set aside.
4 Make bechamel
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat.
- Add the flour and stir until a sandy paste has formed.
- Gradually add the milk and whisk for 4-5 min.
- Add in the chicken stock and continue to whisk until thickened.
- Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg to taste.
Tip! Check the sauce thickness by coating the back of a spoon and running your finger through it - the path formed should stay separated.
5 Bake
- Preheat the grill.
- Mix the pasta with roughly 1 cup of the bechamel sauce.
- Use a deep, medium sized (18x25cm) casserole dish.
- Add half of the pasta.
- Top with half of the meat sauce and even out the layer.
- Add the remaining pasta and another layer of meat sauce.
- Top with the remaining bechamel sauce.
- Grill for 10-15 min until the meat sauce is bubbling and the top is browned. Remove from the oven.
6 Serve
- Roughly chop the tomato.
- Pick and chop the parsley.
- In a small bowl, mix the chopped tomatoes, parsley, sumac and a pinch of salt.
- Serve the Macarona Bechamel warm, with a side of Chopped Tomato Salad.
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