In the search for tasty and different lunches I decided to try a home-cooked pasta bake this week. The previous night I cooked up some pasta spirals and mixed them with the following:
- Some passata
- Crushed garlic
- Chopped chorizo
- Finely sliced shallots
- Finely chopped mushrooms
- A big pinch of chilli flakes
- Finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Plenty of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
I put this mixture into a baking dish and topped with grated low-fat mozzarella and some grated parmesan. Let this cook in a medium oven until the cheesey topping is bubbling and golden brown.
I ate some for my dinner and then put some into a lunch box for the next day. Mr. Chops was slightly dubious that it would be nice unheated but it was a pleasant surprise. Maybe it was because the chorizo is slightly oily but the bake hadn't lost any of its moisture and in fact, the heat had increased a little bit in terms of the chilli flakes.
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