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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Australasian >> Australian >> New Zealander

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cook the onion in oil, in a frying pan, on low heat for 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Set aside. | 2. Add the ground beef to the pan, and cook, breaking it up often until the meat is no longer pink. Add the cooked onions back to the pan with the celery, bay leaf and dried herbs, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and pepper flakes, and beef stock. Cover and simmer gently for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened. | 3. Meanwhile, Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling water until al dente. Drain and add salt to taste. | 4. When the meat is cooked, remove the bay leaf and stir in the parsley. Mix the pasta with the meat then turn into a baking dish. | 5. Beat the eggs with the cottage cheese (or yogurt or crème fraiche) and grated cheese. Pour over the meat/pasta mixture. | 6. Bake at 375F for about 30 minutes until the top has browned and the sauce is bubbly. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1		peeled chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
garlic	1	teaspoon	minced	4.172	0.9257	0.1781	0.013999999999999999
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
celery	3	stalks	chopped	30.72	5.7024	1.3248	0.3264
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
tomato	14	ounces	canned	91.2854	20.2415	4.7627	0.7938
beef stock	1/4	cup		42.84	4.6683	1.5813	2.0223
parsley	3	tablespoons	chopped	4.104	0.7216	0.3386	0.0901
salt pepper				201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
red pepper flake				201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
corkscrew macaroni	8	ounces		201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
cottage cheese	8	ounces		221.48	7.6388	25.1312	9.718
cheddar cheese	3/4	cup	grated	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.