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Cheeseburger Pasta: Easy and Irresistible Dinner

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Quick and easy Cheeseburger Pasta is the ultimate stress-free, comforting weeknight dinner everyone in your family will love. Perfect for Fast Dinner Recipes and Cheap Dinners that fit your family dinner recipes menu planning.

Ingredients

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  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion finely diced
  • 1 tsp freshly minced garlic
  • 2 carrots finely diced
  • 1 celery stalk finely diced
  • 1 tsp salt plus more to taste
  • 500 g 1 lb 2 oz minced ground beef
  • ½ tsp cracked black pepper plus more to taste
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ¼ cup 60 g tomato paste
  • 4 cups 1 litre beef stock
  • 400 g 14 oz can crushed tomatoes
  • 350 g 12½ oz dried macaroni pasta uncooked can be substituted with penne or rigatoni see note 1
  • ½ cup 125 ml full-cream milk
  • 2 cups 250 g freshly grated colby or cheddar
  • ½ cup 75 g freshly grated mozzarella
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley to serve

Instructions

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large heavy-based frying pan over medium heat.
  2. Add the onion garlic carrots celery and salt and cook for 3 minutes or until tender.
  3. Add the beef mince and cook for a further 3 minutes breaking up the beef as you go until browned.
  4. Stir through the pepper onion powder oregano and sugar.
  5. Stir the tomato paste through and cook for 1 minute.
  6. Add the beef stock and crushed tomatoes and bring to a simmer.
  7. Add the pasta and simmer with the lid on for 15 minutes or until pasta is cooked through and most of the liquid has been absorbed stirring occasionally.
  8. Add the milk and cheese stir until the cheese has melted and season to taste.
  9. Add the mozzarella on top replace the lid and leave to sit for 30 seconds until the cheese has melted.
  10. Sprinkle with parsley and serve!

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