Creamy ham & mushroom pasta bake

By á-81356

Ingredients

• 500g bag farfalle
• 50 g butter, plus a little extra
• 200 g small mushrooms, halved
• bunch spring onions, finely sliced
• 50 g plain flour
• 500 ml milk
• 140 g thickly cut ham, chopped
• 140 g mature cheddar, grated

Details

Servings 5
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from bbcgoodfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

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Bump up
the veg content
by adding peas
or sweetcorn to
the sauce. Or
make it veggie:
instead of ham,
stir through
wilted spinach
and crumbled
blue cheese.

Cook the pasta according to pack
instructions, then drain. Heat oven to
200C/fan 180C/gas 6, then melt a little
butter in a large saucepan. Fry the
mushrooms for a couple of mins, then
scoop out and set aside. Use some
kitchen paper to wipe out the pan.

Melt the remaining butter in the pan,
then add most of the onions and soften
for 1 min. Stir in the flour for another
min, then gradually stir in the milk until
you have a lump-free sauce. Increase
the heat and bubble the sauce, stirring
for a few mins to thicken. Turn off the
heat, stir in the ham and most of the
cheese, then season to taste.

Tip the pasta and mushrooms into
a large ovenproof dish, then pour over
the sauce and mix well in the dish.
Scatter over the remaining cheese
and spring onions, then bake for
10 mins until golden.

Very tasty pasta bake we used bacon instead of ham and also added some sweetcorn. Took some advice from previous poster who advised to use less pasta ,500g would of been way too much. Will be trying this again

Easy to make, and tasty, I added some sweetcorn as well as ingredients listed.

500g of pasta is quite a lot though, so make sure you have a decent sized pan and oven dish to put it all in.

Used Quorn ham instead of the real thing as I'm vegetarian. Also added garlic in with the mushrooms. Really tasty, easy and quick to make. Will definitely be cooking again :)

I've lost count of the number of times I've made this in my home and always varied the ingredients. Leftover chicken breasts with ham, chicken and bacon, chorizo etc. basically, any meat or veg I've needed to use up. I've also added some passata on occasions to make a creamy tomato sauce for a change.

Made this today and this will definitely be cooked for the family again. They loved it. I used left over sliced breaded ham, added black pepper and a small pinch of mixed herbs. I even laid strips of the ham criss-crossed over the top of the bake and they crisped up nicely in the oven. A real hit. There was one large (or two small) portions left over. We're a family of four so this would definitely feed a larger family and won't cost too much.

My oven is typically quite hot so I took it out after 18 mins, just as the cheese on top was going brown and crispy in places. Perfect timing :)

made this for 2 people so I halved the amount of pasta but kept the amount of cheese sauce to which I added 1 teaspoon of mustard. I used mushrooms, red and yellow sweet peppers with leftover baked gammon with garlic bread and it was delicious.

There's still half left so the original recipe would easily feed 7-8 people. I,ll make this again and try sweetcorn and maybe smoked sausage.

I made this last night - and it was amazing! My brother who doesn't usually eat much had seconds, and it was all gone by the end of the night. I added peas, corn and red onions as well. I'm thinking of adding garlic to the mushrooms next time, and maybe some capsicum as well.

Used a little less pasta, and also added sweetcorn, teaspoon of whole grain mustard and used bacon instead of ham. Love it!

Really nice recipe, a favourite for our home too! We added frozen peas and a little pasta broth to slacken the sauce. Also used all the cheese in the sauce and grated extra on top as well as adding little noughts of blue cheese which gave it a deeper flavour. Enjoy!

Absolutely loved this - added Sweetcorn and mixed herbs - was delicious!

this is the first dish i have ever tried to cook from a recipe (my culinary skills usually extend to pie, mash and veg).. worked well.. the wife and kids liked it.. the second time i made it i added bacon (fried lightly with the mushrooms) and sweetcorn (cooked same time as pasta).. added some more milk to coat pasta with sauce better (might try a little more just to thin out sauce).. the wife and kids loved this version.. would really recomend this dish..

Very tasty. Used leek instead of sping onions, added peas and left out the cheese to save calories/washing up.

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