TURKEY PASTA BAKE
Ingredients
- 300g/10½oz dried pasta shapes
- such as penne or fusilli
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- plus extra for greasing
- 4 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- thickly sliced
- 1 onion
- finely chopped
- 500g/1lb 2oz jar tomato and basil pasta sauce
- 150ml/5fl oz double cream
- 350g–500g/12oz–1lb 2oz leftover cooked turkey
- cut into small chunks
- 75g/2½oz mature Cheddar cheese
- coarsely grated
Directions
- Half fill a large saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes
- or until just tender.
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Lightly oil a large
- shallow
- roughly 2.5 litre/4½ pint lasagne dish
- or similar pie dish.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the bacon and onion for 8 minutes
- or until lightly browned. Stir in the pasta sauce and cream. Add a large ladleful (around 100ml/3½fl oz) of the pasta cooking water and bring to a simmer. Stir in the turkey pieces and season with ground black pepper.
- Drain the pasta in a colander
- then return it to the saucepan. Stir in the pasta sauce and turkey meat.
- Transfer to the greased dish and sprinkle with the cheese. Bake for 15–20 minutes
- or until the cheese is melted and beginning to brown. Serve hot.

