The last minute baked pasta is a tasty, clever main dish that is easy and quick to prepare.
It is a dish that is cooked entirely in the oven, without dirtying anything other than a baking dish, as both the sauce and the pasta will cook raw and simultaneously in the dish itself. The result, with a few small adjustments, is perfectly cooked pasta wrapped in a creamy and irresistible sauce, perfect when you don’t have much time to spend at the stove and with ingredients almost always present in the pantry!
Read how to make last minute baked pasta with the easy recipe you find below, as usual, right after the photo 😉
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 12 oz pasta
- 3 cups tomato sauce (of good quality)
- 9 oz mozzarella
- 1 and 1/4 cups water
- grana cheese (or grated parmesan)
- basil
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
Preparation of Last Minute Baked Pasta
Place a baking dish with high edges of 9.5 inches in diameter on the work surface.
Pour a bottle of good quality tomato sauce (700 ml) into it.
Add the water, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, some broken basil leaves, salt, and mix.Add the raw pasta, mix well so that it is submerged in the liquids.
Cover the dish with aluminum foil, securing it well to the edges, and bake in a preheated static oven at 392°F for half an hour.
While the pasta cooks, cut the mozzarella into cubes.At the end of the thirty minutes, remove the dish without turning off the oven.
Remove the foil, stir the pasta, and then sprinkle it with the mozzarella cubes and plenty of grated grana or parmesan cheese.
Put the dish back in the oven uncovered for another ten to fifteen minutes, until a crispy crust forms.
Let it settle for a few minutes and then serve your last minute baked pasta.
Notes
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