Veggie Pasta Bake
Veggie Pasta Bake

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, veggie pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Serve up a hearty vegetarian pasta bake for a filling family supper. Our comforting classics include mac 'n' cheese, creamy lasagne or tomato & cheese bake. Make sure you use a vegetarian-friendly hard cheese if you're cooking for vegetarians.

Veggie Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Veggie Pasta Bake is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook veggie pasta bake using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Veggie Pasta Bake:
  1. Prepare 750 g Penna Pasta
  2. Get Olive oil (max 3 tablespoons only), plus extra for drizzling
  3. Get Salt
  4. Make ready Sauce
  5. Get 2 cans plum tomatoes (400g each)
  6. Prepare 1 jar pasta bolognese sauce (500g)
  7. Make ready 1/4 cup water
  8. Take 1 tsp Italian herbs (rosemary, oregano, thyme)
  9. Make ready 3 Garlic cloves, finely chopped
  10. Prepare 3 green chillies halved, lengthwise (medium spice level)
  11. Make ready 1-1.5 tbsp sugar
  12. Get Fresh basil (leave some for garnish)
  13. Prepare VEGGIES + SAUSAGES (dry-fried/grilled & baked)
  14. Get Vegetarian sausages (I used Cauldron brand)
  15. Take 1 courgette/zuchinni, chopped round then into half moons
  16. Take 1 Aubergine (medium-large), cut vertically- see pics below
  17. Get 1 pack button mushrooms, washed and medium chopped
  18. Take 120 g pack Spinach, washed
  19. Prepare 1 large red onion
  20. Get 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
  21. Prepare Toppings
  22. Take Fresh basil
  23. Make ready Cheddar and mozarella, shredded/grated
  24. Prepare Olive oil for drizzling

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Steps to make Veggie Pasta Bake:
  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius- for sausages and courgette later
  2. For the sauce. In a pan on medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil. Then add chopped garlic, 3 green chillies, halved. Cook until garlic is browned
  3. Turn up heat slightly. Add in 2 cans of plum tomatoes, 1 jar bolognese sauce, pinch of salt, italian herbs and fresh basil. Add 1/4 cup water. Mix all until sauce comes to a boil. Then lower heat, cover and let simmer over low-medium heat for 25 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  4. Cook pasta as per pack instructions with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Drain when ready.
  5. While pasta sauce is simmering for the next 25 mins, put sausages in pre-heated oven. Bake as per pack instructions (mine were 20 mins). Cut courgettes into half moons. Bake for 10 mins. (I put mine in the same baking pan as the sausages and just removed them earlier, allowing sausages to finish baking). Once baked, cut sausages. Set courgettes and sausages aside.
  6. Cut your aubergine lengthwise. In a separate pan, on medium heat (NO OIL), place aubergine and allow to dry-fry for 7-10 mins on each side, turning occasionally, until they become slightly charred- see pic. Remove and set aside.
  7. Slice red onion thinly. In same pan, on medium heat, add half tbsp oil and sliced red onions. When they start to wilt, add 1tsp balsamic vinegar (see pic). This will give them a sweet taste! Allow to caramelise slightly. Remove and set aside.
  8. In same pan, cook your mushrooms until no longer watery. Set aside.
  9. Pasta tomato sauce should be ready and reduced by now. Add 1tbsp sugar to balance the taste. Mix. Add drained pasta to sauce together with the courgettes, mushrooms, sausages. Mix all. Add spinach, cover for 2 mins to allow it to wilt. Uncover. Stir all for 1 min. Remove from heat.
  10. Assemble! Grease your baking dish with a spray of olive oil. Pour the mixed pasta. Top with the caramelised red onions and charred aubergine. Finish with grated cheddar and mozarella all over. Add basil for garnish. See pic.
  11. Drizzle the top lightly with olive oil. Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 15 mins, until golden. Enjoy and bon appetit!

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