Picadillo De Chorizo Con Maccarones(minced Chorizo W. Macaroni

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g of picadillo de chorizo sausage
• 300 g of fine macaroni
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon cayenne or 1 teaspoon chili pepper
• 1 (400 g) can tomato sauce (tomate frito)
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 beef stock cube
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• grated cheese, to bake with
• 1 teaspoon salt
• cilantro (to garnish)
• 200 g sweetcorn (maize)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil in large pan and add onion and garlic, fry 2 mins on med heat and add paprika and cayenne. fry 1 min and add meat. fry till separated and browned, 10 minutes.
• 2 add tomato sauce or in spanish, "triturado de tomate" or "frito", stock cube, sweetcorn, basil, sugar and salt.
• 3 meanwhile, heat separate pan with boiling water and part cook macaroni until "al dente", apprx 7 mns.
• 4 drain macaroni, and rinse under cold tap.
• 5 add water (half pint) from the tomato sauce can and add in the macaroni to the meat, add chopped cilantro, and mix well. then pour the lot into a baking/serving dish, cover in grated cheese or any of your choice and bake 10-15 mins until melted and bubbling. serve and enjoy.
• 6 many spanish also make this without the macaroni and cheese and serve with fresh oven baked bread. this is just so flexible but gorgeous!