Vegetables Recipes - Beany Pasta Bake

Ingredients                                                                  

• 225g/8 oz/2 cups whole wheat ruote

• 25 g/1 oz/1/4 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups milk

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup butter

• 100 g/4 oz Cheddar cheese, grated

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 2 x 425 g/2 x 15 ozf2 large cans baked beans in tomato sauce

• 50 g/2 oz/1 cup button mushrooms, thinly sliced

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Method:

1. Cook the pasta according to the packet directions, drain.

2. Meanwhile, whisk the flour with a little of the milk in a saucepan. Stir in the remaining milk and add half the butter.

3. Bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes, whisking all the time. Stir in half the cheese and season to taste.

4. Put a layer of half the pasta in an ovenproof dish, well-greased with the remaining butter.

5. Spoon one of the cans of beans over and sprinkle with half the mushrooms. Repeat the layers.

6. Top with the cheese sauce and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

7. Bake in the oven at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 for about 25 minutes until bubbling and the top is golden brown.