Baked American Goulash - Store Cupboard Standby Recipe

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 300 g drained cooked pasta (dry weight, shells, spirals or macaroni)
• 2 (14 ounce) cans of minced beef and onions (can use lamb)
• 1 (14 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 (10 ounce) can condensed cream of tomato soup
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder (can use 2 fresh crushed cloves)
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 10 teaspoons cream cheese
• 150 g grated cheese

Recipe

• 1 set the oven to 200c/375°f.
• 2 in a large bowl mix everything together apart from the cream cheese and grated cheese and put into an ovenproof dish.
• 3 dot the cream cheese, teaspoon by teaspoon evenly in and around the goulash and press down into it (it doesn't have to be too neat).
• 4 bake in the oven for 45 minutes to an hour sprinkling the cheese on after the first 30 minutes.
• 5 when the cheese is melted and slightly browned it is ready.
• 6 comforting, satisfying and quick.