Penne Pasta & Veggie Casserole

Serves: 4

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Baking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

200 grams Penne pasta
1 cup mixed vegetables like onion, bell pepper, carrots, cauliflower chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Salt to taste

Water as needed to cook the pasta

White Sauce:
4 tablespoons of butter
4 tablespoons of all purpose flour
A pinch of nutmeg
2 cups of milk
Salt to taste

Method:

Cook pasta in salted water and drain and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a pan, heat oil and saute all the vegetables along with salt and crushed red pepper flakes. Once the vegetables are cooked through, set it aside.

In the same pan on low heat, melt butter and add flour to it and mix well. Keep stirring to prevent it from burning, next add milk and mix well. Add salt and nutmeg and keep mixing till it turns thick and turn off the heat.

Add the vegetables and pasta to the white sauce and mix everything well. Check of salt and adjust if needed.

Grease a casserole pan and pour in the pasta, top it with some cheese and bake it in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and light golden brown in color.

Once out of the oven, garnish with basil and serve hot.

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