Bechamel Pasta

Ingredients:

• 2 cups macaroni pasta
• 2 tbs vegetable oil
• 1 large onion 200g, diced
• 250g minced beef
• salt for taste
• 1/2 tbs ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric 
• 1 tbs tomato paste
• bechamel sauce
• 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, grated

Preparation:


Cook the macaroni pasta according to packaging instructions preferably “al-dente”. Drain and cool under cold water then set aside.

Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté onions for 2 minutes then add the minced meat and fry for 5 minutes or until the beef becomes brown in color.Add tomato paste.  Season with salt, Turmeric and black pepper, stir and set aside.

 Pour 2/3 quantity of the bechamel sauce into the cooked macaroni in a mixing bowl and mix to combine the sauce and the pasta well. Arrange half the quantity of pasta mixture over the bottom of an oven dish.


Arrange the prepared meat mixture over the pasta in the same oven dish then top with the rest of pasta mixture.

 Spoon the rest of the bechamel sauce over the pasta and top with Mozzarella cheese.

Bake in a 400F preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until top becomes golden in color.