Cheeseburger casserole from Guilty Pleasures

Ingredients

• 1 red onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 6 pickles
• 400 g sturdy pasta
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp mustard
• 400 g ground beef
• salt and pepper
• 400 g diced tomatoes
• 150 g cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. 1

   1. Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease the baking dish. 2. Finely chop the onion, mince the garlic and cut the pickles and cheddar into cubes. Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan and sauté the garlic and onion until fragrant. 3. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in another pot according to the package instructions.

2. 2

   Add the tomato paste and mustard to the garlic and onion and fry for 2 minutes. Then add the minced beef to the pan, season with salt and pepper and cook until crumbly. Finally add the diced tomatoes and let everything simmer for another 5 minutes.

3. 3

   4. Drain the pasta and stir it together with the pickle cubes into the meat sauce. Pour everything into the baking dish and spread the cheddar over the casserole. Bake the casserole in the middle of the oven for another 15 minutes until the cheese has melted.