How To Make Pasta al Forno
Enjoy a delightful Italian dish with this pasta al forno. It’s baked rigatoni in a meaty tomato sauce with sausage and marinara topped with cheese.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Sauce:
- 2tspolive oil
- 2lbsmild Italian sausage,casings removed
- ½cuponion,finely chopped
- 2tspgarlic,minced
- 24ozmarinara sauce,(1 jar)
- 8oztomato sauce,(1 can)
For the Assembly:
- 16ozrigatoni or other short pasta,cooked according to package directions in salted water
- 2cupsmozzarella cheese,shredded
- 2tbspfresh parsley,chopped
- cooking spray
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9×13-inch; pan with cooking spray.
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Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage to the pan.
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Cook the sausage for 3 to 4 minutes, breaking it up into small pieces with a spoon. Add the onion to the pan. Cook for an additional 5 minutes or until sausage is browned and cooked through and onion is softened.
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Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the marinara sauce and tomato sauce to the pan and bring the sauce to a simmer.
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Let the sauce simmer for 5 minutes or until just thickened
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Toss the cooked pasta with the sauce.
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Pour the pasta mixture into the prepared pan and top with mozzarella cheese.
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Bake covered for 20 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes or until pasta is bubbly and cheese is melted and browned.
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Sprinkle with parsley. Let stand for 5 minutes, then serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 912.03kcal
- Fat: 58.75g
- Saturated Fat: 23.61g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 24.53g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.07g
- Carbohydrates: 54.83g
- Fiber: 3.99g
- Sugar: 8.30g
- Protein: 39.32g
- Cholesterol: 145.71mg
- Sodium: 1788.32mg
- Calcium: 437.71mg
- Potassium: 840.25mg
- Iron: 3.24mg
- Vitamin A: 166.29µg
- Vitamin C: 8.18mg
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