Pizza Pasta Bake

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 rashers of short cut bacon, diced

• 1/4 red onion finely diced

• 2 garlic cloves finely diced

• 1 green capsicum, diced

• 1 1/2 cups sliced mushroom

• 1/4 cup kalamata olives, pitted and halved

• 1 can diced tomatoes

• 2 cups passata

• 1 tbsp italian herbs

• 250g GF pasta

• Grated cheese* to serve (use DF if needed)

• Chopped parsley to serve

METHOD:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C and grease a baking dish.

2. Cook pasta according to instructions.

3. While this cooks, fry off the bacon in a heated frypan.

4. Once cooked, add in the onion, garlic, capsicum and italian herbs. Stir and cook for 1-2 minutes.

5. Add in the mushroom and olives and cook for another minute.

6. Now add in the diced tomatoes and passata. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a simmer.

7. Once pasta is cooked, add to the pan. Mix well and pour into the prepared dish.

8. Spread over grated cheese and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

9. Add parsley and serve.

GF, DF* - serves 4-6