Pork & Chilli Pasta Bake

A spicy pasta dish full of pork flavour.

Cooking time? 30 minutes

Serves 4

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Ingredients priced from Asda

1tbsp of olive oil

2 cloves of garlic £0.19

1 white onion £0.19

2 mild red chillies £0.50

2 courgettes £0.64

1 red pepper £0.80

1tbsp of chopped basil £0.65

300g of Wholemeal pasta £0.35

1 slice of toasted brown bread

50g of grated cheddar cheese £1

Total £5.13

Feeling brave? Replace cheddar for blue cheese for a richer flavour!

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Cooking Method

Pre-heat oven to 190°C/375°F/Fan 170°C/Gas Mark 8.

Chop the bacon into nice bite size chunks and fry in a frying pan along with the olive oil.

While the bacon fries, peel and finely chop the garlic, onion and chilli. Chop the courgettes and red pepper.

Bring a saucepan of water to boil and cook pasta as per instructions on packet. Usually ten minutes.

Once the bacon is crispy, add the contents of the frying pan to an oven proof dish along with all the chopped vegetables.

Drain your pasta and add to the ovenproof dish. Give the ingredients a good mix and add the chopped basil. Now put the dish in the over for 10 minutes.

While your dish is bubbling away in the oven, toast your bread and allow to cool.

Place your cooled toast in a food processer and add the grated cheese. Blitz the mixture to a fine breadcrumb.

After the dish has been in the over for 10 minutes, take the dish out and spread the bread crumbs over the top of the casserole and return to the oven for a further 5-10 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are a golden brown.