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Beef goulash pasta
We’ve given hearty Hungarian goulash a twist by combining it with pasta! Our take on the classic stew features quick-cook beef mince, onion, green pepper and tomatoes, flavoured with garlic, thyme and paprika. A drizzle of yogurt and a sprinkling of parsley add a final flourish to this fusion feast.
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 4
Serving size
Ingredients
- 250g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
- 120g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 200g pasta (Wheat) (Durum Wheat Semolina (Wheat Gluten))
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 beef stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 1 handful of fresh chives
Nutritional Information
Calories: 642
Protein: 47g
Carbs: 95g
Fat: 9.1g
Ingredients
- 400g pasta (Wheat) (Durum Wheat Semolina (Wheat Gluten))
- 2 onion
- 2 pepper
- 4 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh thyme
- 500g beef mince (5% fat or less)
- 2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 beef stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch* , palm oil* , vegetables* 4.8% (onions* 4%, carrots* 0.5%, mushrooms* 0.3%), sugar*, natural flavour caramelised* , yeast extract, beef powder* 1.5%, beef* 1.2%, spices and herbs* (parsley* , black pepper* , rosemary*, garlic*, turmeric*, bay leaves*) * Organic ingredients)
- 120g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 1 handful of fresh chives
Nutritional Information
Calories: 615
Protein: 44g
Carbs: 91g
Fat: 9.0g
Beef goulash pasta
We’ve given hearty Hungarian goulash a twist by combining it with pasta! Our take on the classic stew features quick-cook beef mince, onion, green pepper and tomatoes, flavoured with garlic, thyme and paprika. A drizzle of yogurt and a sprinkling of parsley add a final flourish to this fusion feast.
Cook time:
35 mins
Cuisine:
European
Food group:
Beef
Allergens: Wheat, Milk
Cooking Instructions
Start that sauce
- Peel and finely dice the onions, then deseed the peppers and dice into 1cm squares. Peel and crush the garlic, and finely chop the thyme leaves.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions and peppers for 5-7 mins.
Sizzle the mince
- Tip in the mince and fry for 3-4 mins, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until browned all over, then stir in the garlic, thyme, paprika and tomato purée and cook for 2 mins.
- Stir in the passata, crumble in half the stock cube and pour in 250ml water (use all the stock and 350ml water for 4 portions). Stir well and simmer for 6-8 mins.
Boil your pasta
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling water for 8-9 mins, then drain.
Plate up
- Finely chop the chives (or half the parsley). Take the frying pan off the heat and leave to cool a little, then mix in the pasta, half the chives (or all the chopped parsley) and half the yogurt.
- To serve, scatter the goulash pasta with the remaining chives (or parsley) and drizzle over the rest of the yogurt.