Cheesy Beef Pasta Bake
with tomato sauce & spinach
Love beef lasagna, but not the fuss? Make baked pasta instead! It's everything you love about the classic dish but easier and speedier to make. You'll love the gourmet tomato sauce and melted cheesy goodness in every mouthful.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
170 g
Penne
(Contains: Wheat)
56 g
Baby Spinach
1 unit(s)
Yellow Onion
5 g
Italian Herb Spice Blend
(Contains: Sulphites May contain traces of: Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Wheat)
½ cup
Marinara Sauce
(May contain traces of: Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Sesame, Soy, Wheat, Fish, Egg, Sulphites, Crustaceans, Gluten)
¾ cup
Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
10 g
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
(Contains: Wheat May contain traces of: Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites)
Not included in your delivery
1 tbsp
Butter*
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- To the boiling water, add penne. Cook for 10-12 min, until tender but still firm to the bite.
- Reserve 1 cup pasta water (double for 4 portions).
- Strain penne, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, peel, then cut onion into ½-inch pieces.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- In a large non-stick pan, heat 1 tsp oil (double for 4 portions) over medium-high heat.
- When the pan is hot, add onions and beef. Cook for 3-5 min, breaking up beef into smaller pieces, until no pink remains.**
- Carefully drain and discard excess fat.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- To the pan with beef, add Italian Herb Spice Blend and Cream Sauce Spice Blend. Cook for 30 sec, stirring often, until fragrant.
- Add marinara sauce and reserved pasta water. Bring to boil over high.
- Reduce heat to medium and cook for 3-5 min, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened.
- Season with pepper, to taste.
- Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish (9x13-inch for 4 portions).
- To the pot with penne, add sauce, spinach, half the cheese and 1 tbsp butter (double for 4 portions). Stir until spinach wilts.
- Transfer penne to the prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over top.
- Broil on the middle rack of the oven for 1-3 min, until cheese is melted and golden-brown.
- Divide pasta between plates.
- Enjoy!
