Spaghetti Nests

Ingredients

• 250 g spaghetti
• 250 g minced beef
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 large tomatoes, blended
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp smoked seasoning
• 1/4 tsp each of cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp butter
• Mozzarella or cheddar cheese, as you like

Method

1. Heat the oil, soften the onion and garlic, add the meat until it changes color, then the spices, tomato paste and blended tomatoes and let it reduce.
2. Cook the spaghetti for the time on the packet with salt and oil.
3. Butter a muffin tin and add a drop of water to each cup. Twirl the spaghetti with a fork into each cup, add the meat sauce, then more spaghetti and the cheese. Bake until the cheese melts.

Notes

All the components should be hot, or bake from below first then brown and melt the cheese. Adding barbecue sauce gives a great flavor.