CREAMY PASTA BAKE WITH CHERRY TOMATOES AND BASIL
One of my favorite midweek pasta bakes - my whole family loves it and there is not much prep. Once the pasta bake is in the oven, you can make a salad or set the table and then it's time to eat.
Provided by Julian
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta
Time 51m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking water.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent while penne is cooking, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook an additional 30 seconds. Stir in tomato sauce and tomato paste and cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Add cream and Parmesan cheese and season with salt, pepper, and sugar.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
- Stir some pasta cooking water into the sauce and add cooked penne. Remove from heat and stir in cherry tomatoes, 1/2 the mozzarella cheese, and basil. Pour penne mixture into the prepared baking dish and cover with remaining mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 531.6 calories, Carbohydrate 67.8 g, Cholesterol 61.7 mg, Fat 21.2 g, Fiber 5.3 g, Protein 21.4 g, SaturatedFat 11.1 g, Sodium 779.8 mg, Sugar 7.8 g
TOMATO BASIL PASTA
This recipe is a simple, flavorful dish served at room temperature. Fantastic! This dish will refrigerate well and is just as yummy the next day for lunch as a cold pasta salad!
Provided by ANGELA DAWN
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Stir tomatoes, onion, olive oil, garlic, and basil together in a bowl.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook fusilli in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, 12 minutes. Drain.
- Toss warm pasta with feta cheese and Parmesan cheese in a large bowl. Stir tomato mixture into pasta and season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 413.9 calories, Carbohydrate 39.5 g, Cholesterol 35.6 mg, Fat 23.4 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 13.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.1 g, Sodium 466.5 mg, Sugar 5.2 g
EASY TOMATO BASIL PASTA BAKE RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: fusilli pasta, crushed tomato, water, olive oil, fresh basil, dried oregano, garlic, salt, black pepper, large tomatoes
Provided by Joey Firoben
Categories Dinner
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C).
- In a large bowl, mix together the crushed tomatoes, water, olive oil, basil, oregano, garlic, salt, pepper, and fusilli.
- Pour the pasta mixture into a greased roasting pan and smooth the top into an even layer.
- Line the top of the mixture with the sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with salt.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until the pasta is fully cooked. Serve and sprinkle with garnish of choice.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 313 calories, Carbohydrate 52 grams, Fat 7 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 9 grams, Sugar 7 grams
TOMATO, BASIL, AND CHEESE BAKED PASTA RACHAEL RAY
Make and share this Tomato, Basil, and Cheese Baked Pasta Rachael Ray recipe from Food.com.
Provided by zoe85
Categories Kid Friendly
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt the water.
- Add pasta and cook for a minute or two less time than package directions say.
- The pasta will soak up more juice and keep on cooking after we drain it, so we need it to be a little undercooked.
- The shells with probably cook for 9 or 10 minutes.
- Preheat a big, deep skillet or a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Place garlic on a cutting board and place the flat of your knife on top of each clove.
- Carefully give the garlic a whack with the palm of your hand to separate the cloves form the skins.
- Throw out the skins and chop up the garlic.
- Remember to keep your fingers curled under and the edge of your knife tilted slightly away from your body.
- Add evoo by pouring a slow stream of it twice around the pan.
- This will be about 2 tablespoons, just enough to coat the bottom of the pan.
- Do not let the oil pour out too fast; you want a slow, steady stream.
- Add the garlic to the oil.
- To chop the onion, cut the ends off and cut the whole onion down the center.
- Wrap half and save it for another use.
- Cut the other half into thin slices then turn the slices a quarter turn and chop them again.
- Hold the tip of the knife on the cutting board and lift the back of the knife up and down over the onion to make the pieces really small.
- Add the chopped-up onion to the garlic and oil.
- Cook, stirring a lot, until the onions are mushy and look cooked, about 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes to the onions and stir.
- When the tomatoes come to a bubble, reduce the heat under the sauce to low.
- Stir in basil pieces to wilt them.
- Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the broiler to high and place a rack in the center of the oven.
- Drain pasta shells.
- Add them to a casserole dish.
- Add pesto sauce, ricotta cheese, and a handful of grated parmesan. S.
- tir carefully and coat the hot pasta with the pesto and cheeses.
- Pour the hot tomato and basil sauce over the pasta, as much as you like.
- You can always serve a little extra at the table.
- Scatter the mozzarella cheese over the pasta.
- Add a final sprinkle of parmesan as well.
- Place the casserole under the broiler in the middle of oven, 10 to 12 inches from the heat.
- Let the cheese melt and bubble on top, 3 to 5 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 602.4, Fat 22.6, SaturatedFat 10.7, Cholesterol 58.1, Sodium 414.1, Carbohydrate 73, Fiber 9.1, Sugar 5.9, Protein 29.3
TOMATO, BASIL AND CHEESE BAKED PASTA
Make and share this Tomato, Basil and Cheese Baked Pasta recipe from Food.com.
Provided by ShortyBond
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt the water. Add small shell pasta and cook the pasta to al dente doneness which means that the pasta will still have a bite to it or be a little chewy. Cook probably 9-10 minutes.
- Preheat a deep, big skillet or a medium sauce pot over medium heat.
- Place garlic on the cutting board and place the flat of your knife on top of each clove. Carefully give the garlic a whack with the palm of your hand to seperate the cloves from the skins. Throw out the skins and chop up the garlic.
- Add EVOO to the pan by pouring a slow stream of it twice-around-the-pan. Do not let the oil pour out too fast. Add the garlic to the oil.
- Chop onion finely. Add to garlic and oil. Cook, stirring frequently, five minutes or until onions are tender.
- Add the tomatoes to the onions and stir. When the tomatoes come to a bubble, reduce the heat under the sauce to low.
- Stir in basil pieces to wilt them. Season the sauce with salt and pepper to your taste.
- Preheat your broiler to high and place a rack in the center of the oven.
- Drain pasta shells. Add them to a casserole dish.
- Add pesto sauce, 1 cup ricotta cheese and a handful of grated parmigiano.
- Stir carefully and coat the hot pasta with the pesto and cheeses.
- Pour the hot tomato and basil sauce over the pasta.
- Shred up mozzarella and scatter over the pasta. Add a final sprinkle of parimigiano to the mozarella as well.
- Place the casserole under the broiler in the middle of oven, 10-12 inches from the heat. Let the cheese melt and bubble on top (3-5 minutes).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 894.2, Fat 33, SaturatedFat 16, Cholesterol 83.4, Sodium 609.5, Carbohydrate 108.3, Fiber 13.3, Sugar 10.6, Protein 44.5
TOMATO N CHEESE PASTA
Garlic, basil and oregano add pizzazz to this savory side dish. The pasta is tender and moist, and there's plenty of cheese flavor. I like to serve it alongside steaks or chicken. -Dawn Dhooghe Concord, North Carolina
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 35m
Yield 2 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions. In a small saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the tomatoes, basil, oregano, sugar and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Drain pasta; stir into saucepan., Transfer to a greased 1-qt. baking dish. Top with cheeses. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 373 calories, Fat 13g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 1048mg sodium, Carbohydrate 50g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 15g protein.
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