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Pasta Layer Bake

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A great, cheap, filling family meal: layers of creamy pasta with vegetables, bacon, and bell pepper, topped with cheese and crushed nachos.

Ingredients

  • 7 ounces, weight Pasta
  • 1 head Broccoli
  • ½ whole Onion
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon Oil
  • 2 whole Chicken Breasts
  • ½ cups White Wine
  • 1 cup, 11 tablespoons, 2-½ pinches Chicken Stock
  • 13 tablespoons, 1-½ teaspoons, 1-¼ pinches Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Each Dried Or Fresh Basil And Thyme
  • Salt And Pepper
  • 1 whole Bell Pepper
  • 10 slices Bacon
  • 1 cup Crushed Nachos, Preferably Cheese-flavoured
  • ½ cups Grated Cheese

Preparation

Boil the pasta. After ten minutes, break the broccoli head into small florets and add it to the pasta pot. Bubble on a low heat until about 90% cooked.

In the meantime, chop your onion and garlic and fry in an oiled pan over a medium flame. Chop the chicken breasts into small bits and add it to the pan, stirring every so often until the chicken is sealed.

Add the white wine to the chicken pan and simmer for a minute before adding the stock. Allow the sauce to reduce to about 2/3 before adding the cream and heating through. Season with herbs, salt and pepper.

Drain the pasta and broccoli quickly and add it to the chicken pan. Stir to coat the pasta and allow the sauce to reduce a little more (for about five minutes).

Slice your bell pepper in half, and then, keeping the halves separate, into teeny tiny chunks.

Layer half of the pasta mixture into a deep oven dish and lattice four strips of bacon over the top. Sprinkle with half of the bell pepper.

Repeat the layers, using more bacon to cover the top of the bake. Sprinkle with the bell pepper, crushed tortilla chips or crisps, and grated cheese.

Bake in the oven at 200º Celsius (390º Fahrenheit) for 15 minutes and serve.

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Francesca in Pink Pyjamas on 1.29.2011

Fusilli is my favourite because it cooks evenly and the sauce gets into all the little swirls – but whatever you’ve got to hand will do =] I hope you enjoy it!

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mawmawcanfixit on 1.28.2011

Francesca,
What type of pasta works best? I want to make this to take to a covered-dish lunch and I’ll let you know how it turns out. Thanks for sharing!

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