How to Pasta Bake
Pasta bakes refer to any pasta dish that is cooked through baking. Pasta bake dishes such as cannelloni and lasagna have become very popular in the world that it has become a staple in Italian restaurants, whether they are the fast food or the fine dining type. For a great pasta bake recipe, here is a pasta casserole recipe that is a hit for everyone.
Ingredients:
- 2 jars of Ragu pasta sauce, sautéed onion and garlic variety
- 1 lb small rigatoni pasta
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 2 small cans roasted garlic paste
- 2 cups shredded whole milk mozzarella
- 1 lb block whole milk mozzarella cheese
Instructions:
- For the sauce, combine the ingredients first garlic paste, pasta sauce, paste and diced tomatoes and mix it in a bowl.
- Let the mixture simmer in low heat for 45 minutes in a stove.
- Stir the mixture once in a while, but let it simmer long as the sauce’s texture gets better when it is simmered longer. Just make sure the heat is very low consistently.
- Meanwhile, cook the rigatoni according to instructions in the package. The oven should be pre-heated to 375°F. The cheese block should be sliced into generous slices.
- After the sauce is cooked, assemble the casserole by layering the sauce, cheese, and rigatoni alternately, with the rigatoni covering the bottom of the casserole dish (a 9×13 casserole dish is recommended).
- Be generous with the sauce layers as the pasta tends to absorb it fast and sauce that it spread too thinly will make the casserole dry.
- The last layer should slices of cheese covering the entire dish. Cover with foil and put toothpicks at each end to avoid the cheese from sticking to the foil.
- Bake casserole for 20 minutes in 375°F heat.
- After 20 minutes, remove the cover and bake for 25 minutes more.
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