Cheesy Baked Pasta So Good, You'll Want to Freeze It for Later!
Ingredients
- Bacon · diced3–4 slices
- Onion · chopped1
- Banana1
- Mushroom · chopped3 cups
- Garlic · minced1–3
- Sausage · ground500 g
- Chili flake · dried crushed2 ml
- Salt
- Black pepper
- White wine250 ml
- Tomato · crushed1–796 ml
- Basil
- Pasta500 g
- Ricotta cheese250 ml
- Mozzarella cheese · shredded250 g
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cook the bacon in a large pan over medium-high heat until the fat renders.
- Add the onion, hot pepper, mushrooms and garlic and sauté until the onion is translucent.
- Add the sausage and cook until no longer pink.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the wine and cook until the liquid reduces.
- Stir in the tomatoes and a few torn basil leaves. Lower the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, while the pasta cooks.
- Cook the pasta to al dente following the package directions. Drain, then stir in the ricotta, 1/3 of the mozzarella and a scoop of sauce.
- Transfer to the prepared dish, spoon sauce over the top, sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella, and bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes, until bubbly.
Summarized from Glen & Friends Cooking's video. Watch it for the details.
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