Pasta Fazool Bake Chorizo and Beans

Ingredients:
500g beef mince
4 chorizo sausages, skinned and cut thickly
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp Red Hill Spice Girls TUSCAN SPICE BLEND
2 tbsp Tomato paste
700g can Tomatoes
400g can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 tbsp olive oil
500g Penne or similar pasta
1 cup Provolone cheese (or tasty cheese), grated
Parmesan cheese

Heat oil in a large frypan, add onion, garlic and chorizo sausage. Fry gently until onion is softened. Add 500g Beef mince and continue cooking until brown.
Stir in Tuscan Spice Blend and Tomato paste and cook for 5 minutes.
Add can Tomatoes, Red Kidney beans (drained and rinsed) and cook for a further 10 minutes.
Remove from heat.

In the meantime cook Pasta in separate saucepan of boiling water.

In a large lasagna dish layer pasta, meat sauce and grated cheese.
Top with Parmesan cheese.

Bake in a moderate oven (180oc) for 15 minutes, or until top is golden brown.

Serve with light Italian salad and a full bodied red wine ie Chianti.

Serves 6