Easy Italian pasta bake
Easy Italian pasta bake

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Easy Italian pasta bake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Easy Italian pasta bake is something that I have loved my entire life.

Hand-crafted from Small Batches, Shipped Directly to You. Transfer to the top rack and turn on the grill until browned. Add cooked pasta, sauce, and half of the parmesan; mix well. Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining parmesan.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy italian pasta bake using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Italian pasta bake:
  1. Take 300 gr pasta
  2. Make ready Grana Padano cheese
  3. Prepare Tomato passata
  4. Make ready Olive oil
  5. Take leaves Basil
  6. Take For the beschamel
  7. Take 500 ml whole milk
  8. Prepare 50 gr unsalted butter
  9. Make ready 50 gr all-purpose flour
  10. Take Salt

Combine Parmesan and mozzarella to give this pasta bake its Italian appeal. Drain well and run under cold water. Spoon everything into the ovenproof dish. Serve piping hot, with a green or tomato salad.

Instructions to make Easy Italian pasta bake:
  1. Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until almost fully cooked (it will complete to cook in the oven)
  2. In the meantime, prepare the bechamel sauce. Warm up the milk, then melt the butter into a saucepan, and add the flour to it, mixing it together. When smooth, start adding the milk and mix until there are no clumps left. On medium heat, add salt to taste and keep stirring until the sauce thickens. Turn off the heat and set aside.
  3. Drain the pasta, then put it back into its pan on medium heat. Add the tomato passata (as much as you prefer) and the olive oil (about 3 tablespoons). Stir everything well for a few minutes, then turn off the heat.
  4. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F)
  5. Grab a loafpan, and begin making layers (they should be only 2). Start with a layer of pasta, then bechamel sauce, then repeat. The last layer has to be bechamel. Put a couple handfuls of grated grana padano cheese on top, then add some basil leaves.
  6. Now that you assembled everything, put the loafpan into the oven for about 20/30 minutes or until the cheese on top becomes golden and crispy.
  7. You made it! I hope you like my recipe, buon appetito! :)

Spoon everything into the ovenproof dish. Serve piping hot, with a green or tomato salad. Scatter in the basil leaves and tortellini, season with salt and freshly ground pepper, and give it all a really good stir. To make the tomato sauce, cook onion and garlic in olive oil until soft and translucent. Add tomatoes, Balsamic vinegar, seasoning and stock or wine.

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