Description
Penne pasta with lean ground beef in a delicious cheese sauce.
Ingredients
- Penne
- Vegetable Oil
- Onion
- Fresh Garlic
- Extra Lean Ground Beef
- Red Pasta Sauce
- Beef Stock
- All-purpose Flour
- Milk
- Cheddar Cheese
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees fahrenheit
- Spray a 13-by-9-inch glass baking dish with cooking oil
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the penne for eight to 10 minutes or until tender but firm
- Drain
- Heat the oil in a non-stick saucepan over medium heat
- Add the onions and garlic and saut until softened, which takes about four minutes
- Stir in the beef and cook, stirring to break up the meat, until no longer pink, which takes about four minutes
- Stir in the tomato pasta sauce and 1 / 2 cup stock
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes, or until thickened
- Set aside
- Whisk the flour, milk and 1 3 / 4 cup stock in a non-stick saucepan until smooth
- Place over medium heat and cook until the mixture begins to boil
- Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for five minutes or until thickened
- Stir in the cheddar cheese
- Remove from heat
- Stir the cheese sauce into the meat sauce
- Toss the pasta with the sauce
- Pour into the prepared baking dish
- Sprinkle with the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 minutes, until bubbly
- Serves 4-6