Baked Pasta Dinner My friend, Julie, and myself SWEAR. These warm and cozy baked pasta dishes check all the weeknight dinner boxes: easy, comforting, ready in an hour or less, and plenty left over for lunches. Serve up a hearty pasta bake topped with melted cheese.

Ingredients of Baked Pasta Dinner

  1. You need of Baked pasta.
  2. Prepare 1 lb of dried pasta, use your favorite type. Ziti is most commonly used.
  3. It's 14 oz of ricotta cheese.
  4. It's 3 of scallions, thinly sliced. Use the white and light green parts..
  5. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
  6. It's 1 1/2 cup of shredded cheese blend.
  7. You need 1 large of egg.
  8. You need 1/4 tsp of fresh ground pepper.
  9. It's 1 tbsp of freshly chopped Italian flat leaf parsley.
  10. You need of Pasta topping.
  11. It's 8 oz of mozzarella cheese, sliced or shredded.

Baked Pasta Dinner instructions

  1. Start your sauce. My recipe is attached. You may use a prepared sauce. I would suggest using two bottles of prepared sauce. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/346436-simple-pasta-sauce.
  2. Cook pasta in salted boiling water. Five quarts boiling water plus 1 tablespoon salt. Add pasta and cook for 10-13 minutes. Pasta should be just tender. Drain and set aside..
  3. Mix all other ingredients to combine well. Here is the cheese blend I used..
  4. Place enough sauce to cover the bottom of a 9"x13" baking pan..
  5. In a large bowl mix cooked pasta with 3/4 of sauce..
  6. Place 1/2 of pasta over the sauce..
  7. Drop by spoonfuls the ricotta cheese mix. Spoon over the entire top of pasta..
  8. Cover cheese mix with rest of pasta..
  9. Pour rest of sauce over top of that layer and place sliced mozzarella cheese on top..
  10. Baked uncovered in a preheated 375°F fahrenheit oven..
  11. Baked 35 minutes. Remove from oven and cover loosely with tin foil..
  12. Let the pasta rest for 10 minutes before uncovering and serving..
  13. Recipe by taylor68too..

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