Turkish Baked Pasta w/ Courgette, Cheese, Bechamel
Time—
Yield8 portions
Energy370 kcal
Components0
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
- Courgettes
- Grate, then mix with some salt and put in a sieve over a bowl
- Leave 10 minutes
- Squeeze out the excess moisture
- Cook
- Heat the oil to medium
- Add the courgette, saute 5 minutes
- Add the garlic, cook 1 minute
- Add the seasonings
- Remove from heat, set aside
- Pasta:
- Cook to al dente
- Drain well
- Bechamel
- Melt the butter over low/medium
- Add the flour, cook 1 minute
- Slowly whisk in the milk.
- Simmer 5 minutes - until the sauce is thickened.
- Remove from heat
- Stir in the cheese and msg
- Stir in the courgette mix
- Combine
- Toss the pasta with the sauce
- Into a baking dish
- Sprinkle over the cheddar
- Bake for 20 minutes at 180C
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 370 | 2960 |
| Protein | 16.3 | 130.7 |
| Carbohydrates | 48.8 | 390.8 |
| Total Sugars | 5.5 | 43.9 |
| Free Sugars | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Fat | 11.3 | 90.8 |
| Saturated Fat | 6.7 | 53.3 |
| Fibre | 3.5 | 28.2 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| Iron | 1.47 | 11.8 |
| Calcium | 264 | 2110 |
| Vitamin B12 | 1.06 | 8.5 |
| Omega 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnesium | 18.8 | 150 |
| Potassium | 271 | 2170 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £0.47 | £3.72 |