Recipe

Turkish Baked Pasta w/ Courgette, Cheese, Bechamel

Time—
Yield8 portions
Energy370 kcal
Components0
Contents

Ingredients

  • Courgette Draining
  • Drain Courgette
  • 350gcourgette
  • 0.125tspsalt
  • Courgette Cooking
  • Cook Courgette
  • 2.5mloil, rapeseed
  • Add Garlic
  • 3clovegarlic
  • Season Courgette
  • 0.125tspsalt
  • 0.25tspspice, pepper
  • 1tspherb, mint, dried
  • 1tspspice, chilli flakes
  • Pasta
  • Cook Pasta
  • 450gpasta, penne, dried
  • Béchamel
  • Melt Butter
  • 35gbutter
  • Cook Flour
  • 40gflour, white
  • Thicken Béchamel
  • 600gmilk, skimmed
  • Finish Béchamel
  • 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
  • 80gcheese, cheddargrated
  • Assemble Pasta
  • 70gcheese, cheddargrated

Instructions

Process

  1. Courgettes
    1. Grate, then mix with some salt and put in a sieve over a bowl
    2. Leave 10 minutes
    3. Squeeze out the excess moisture
  2. Cook
    1. Heat the oil to medium
    2. Add the courgette, saute 5 minutes
    3. Add the garlic, cook 1 minute
    4. Add the seasonings
    5. Remove from heat, set aside
  3. Pasta:
    1. Cook to al dente
    2. Drain well
  4. Bechamel
    1. Melt the butter over low/medium
    2. Add the flour, cook 1 minute
    3. Slowly whisk in the milk.
    4. Simmer 5 minutes - until the sauce is thickened.
    5. Remove from heat
    6. Stir in the cheese and msg
    7. Stir in the courgette mix
  5. Combine
    1. Toss the pasta with the sauce
    2. Into a baking dish
    3. Sprinkle over the cheddar
    4. Bake for 20 minutes at 180C
    5. Allow to cool for 10 minutes.

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories3702960
Protein16.3130.7
Carbohydrates48.8390.8
Total Sugars5.543.9
Free Sugars0.00.0
Fat11.390.8
Saturated Fat6.753.3
Fibre3.528.2
Alcohol0.00.0
Salt0.75.4
Iron1.4711.8
Calcium2642110
Vitamin B121.068.5
Omega 300
Magnesium18.8150
Potassium2712170
Caffeine00
Cost£0.47£3.72