Beef, Bean, Chilli and Cheese Macaroni.

I love one pot meals in the Tefal Cuisine Companion, this is a combination of chilli beef and macaroni cheese alll cooked together in the Cuisine Companion bowl. A perfect quick weekday meal ready for the table in under an hour.

1 Onion peeled and quartered
2 cloves Garlic peeled
1 teaspoon dried Chilli or to taste
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
500 gms Minced Beef
1 tin Diced Tomatoes drained through fine mesh sieve
1 tin Kidney Beans drained and refreshed under cold running water
1 tin Cannellini Beans drained and refreshed under cold running water
200 gms Macaroni
700 mls Vegetable or Beef Stock
1/2 teaspoon Cumin or to taste
1 teaspoon smoked Paprika
Salt and Pepper
2 cups Cheddar Cheese grated
Fresh Parsley chopped
Extra Cheese grated
Fresh Chilli chopped
Fresh Herbs of choice chopped

Insert Ultrablade. Stopper in.
Add onion and garlic.
Sp11:20sec. Scraping bowl with spatula as required.
Add olive oil and dried chilli flakes.
Slow Cook P1:4mins
Add minced beef
Slow Cook P1:5mins
Insert Stirring Blade. Stopper out.
Add drained tomatoes, kidney beans, cannellini beans, macaroni, stock, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper.
Slow Cook P2:30-35mins or until macaroni is cooked.
Remove Stirring Blade.
Stopper in.  Maxi position.
Add grated cheese, stir through and leave for 10 mins.
Serve with extra grated cheese, chilli and herbs of choice.