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This week's recipe: Turkey pasta bake
 
 

With the big day over for another year, and many households being left with a multitude of leftovers after Christmas dinner, there are many ways to use them so that they still taste delicious and don’t get wasted.

Whether you have turkey or ham, there are many pasta recipes you can try, including this turkey pasta bake. It's incredibly delicious and doesn't require many ingredients to create the meal, plus it bakes in just 20 minutes.

The recipe notes on Good Food said: “Looking for an easy leftover turkey recipe? This creamy cheesy pasta bake could be the one.”

This recipe serves six people and couldn’t be easier to whip together, making it perfect for a cosy dinner in those days after Christmas when you can’t be bothered to run out to the shops or cook anything too extravagant.



 
 
Turkey pasta bake
 
 

Ingredients

300g dried pasta shapes

Two tablespoons of sunflower oil

Four rashers of smoked streaky bacon, thickly sliced

One onion, finely chopped

500g pasta sauce

150ml double cream

350g-500g leftover turkey, cut into small chunks

75g mature cheddar, coarsely grated

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
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