This mince dish with it rich tomato flavor is absolutely delicious. You can use spaghetti instead or vermicelli. Serve with crusty bread or a tossed salad.
Course Main Course
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Ingredients
1tbspMargarine
1Onion Chopped
500gBeef Mince
400gTomato Pasta Sauce
1tbspTomato Paste
125gVermicelli
Topping
4tbspMargarine
1/4cupFlour
1 1/4cupMilk
1cupCheesecheddar & grated
Salt & Pepper to Taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Heat one tablespoon margarine in a saucepan.
Fry the onion till soft.
Add the mince, breaking up any lumps.
Cook for about 4 minutes or till brown.
Add the tomato paste, tomato pasta sauce and salt and pepper.
Topping
Melt 4 tablespoons of margarine over low heat.
Add flour and cook for 1 minute.
Gradually add the milk.
Stir constantly until the sauce boils and thickens.
Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes.
Layering the Dish
Spread half the vermicelli at the bottom of a glass loaf dish, then half the mince.
Cover mince with remaining vermicelli and then the other half of the mince.