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My wife is away for the weeks. I made this for dinner tonight.
For all we know, that's just nothing but cheese baked in the oven
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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I mean.. I'm into it
I believe 'em, but I see your blanketed cheesy point. Anyone could flash a quick shot of sausage and, quite frankly, mishandled veg... I mean, even if that was in a pan it's a bit crowded... but I digress. We can only hope that there is a tomato sauce filled with garlic and the hopes and dreams of them veggies nestled under a very tight and restrictive blanket of cheese that may or may not be the symbol of hope you think it is, but ... its cheese. You win; regardless.
Are you suggesting that that wouldn't be delicious?
If this is what you make when wife is away, I can only imagine what you have when she is at home!
When she's home she does most of the cooking. She's a very good cook. There are a few things that I cook like this, chicken parm, and some curries. I'm going to try to make her butter chicken recipe at some point this week.
Baked pasta is always a win!
Yup. It's easy and delicious. I mix mozzarella into the pasta mix to give it some body. I love the crunchy cheese on top.
Even though I can't see all the ingredients it still sounds delicious
Sorry I didn't take a geological side view. I will do that tomorrow and reply to your comment with the picture.
Please share this recipe!
It's mostly in the title, really.
I start a large pot of water for the penne. I pan fry some Italian sausage in a high temperature oil (I use sunflower oil) until it's brown on the outside then turn it down as I work on the peppers and onions. I fry the peppers and onions in a separate pan until they are translucent. (Don't forget to salt and pepper your peppers and onions as you fry them.) My stove is very hot so I normally add water to help them along then boil it off. I set the peppers and onions aside and slice the sausages into bite size pieces. At this point I add the penne to the water and stir it. I add butter and a high temperature oil to the sausage pan and return the sausage pieces to brown the faces. When the sausage is nicely browned I remove it to a plate with paper towels, pour off as much of the oil as I can, then return the sausage pieces to the pan and pour in tomato sauce (I use a simple tomato basil sauce) and add the peppers and onions. Now I start grating the cheese. I like a low moisture pizza mozzarella (I use Saputo Premium). You'll need enough to cover the top and a couple of handfuls for the sauce. Throw it uncovered into the fridge to keep it cool and dry. Heat your oven up to 350 F. Taste the sauce and adjust the salt and pepper if necessary. When the penne is done drain it, shake as much water out of it as possible, and put it back in the pot. Add the sausage and sauce and stir. Add two large handfuls of mozzarella and stir it in. Dump the pasta and sauce into a 9" x 14" pan. Spread it out in an even layer, add the mozzarella in an even layer across the top. Now grate some nice parmigiana reggiano and sprinkle it across the top of the mozzarella.
Now...put the pan in the top third of the oven and set a timer for 20 minutes. Then the timer goes off turn it 180 degrees and set a timer for another 15 minutes. Then the timer goes off check it, turn it one more time, and leave it for 5 minutes. At this point you're just looking for a nice, crispy cheese crust on top.
Everything but the cheese is cooked when you put it in the oven. You can eat it after about 5 minutes if you want melty cheese. I like my cheese brown and crunchy so the longer cooking time gets that done.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Oh man, I am looking forward to trying this out. Thanks!
You're welcome!
So...a few notes. I put in LOTS of peppers and onions. Like...two large onions and two large peppers cut into strips. They reduce in volume by about 80% so if you don't put in LOTS there aren't enough. I also put in LOTS of sausage. I put in four large sausages (around 1.5" in diameter and 8" long.) in this batch. If I'm using regular size sausages I put in six or eight. I use around 450 g to 500 g of dry penne. You will have as much sauce, sausage, and peppers and onions as you do pasta. That's how I like it. You do it how you like it. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
I make something similar but I put a layer of fat free Greek yoghurt or ricotta in there. The yoghurt is tangy and honestly better than the ricotta but it's about what I have on hand.
That's what this dish was the first time I made it. My wife had to take off in a hurry to fly across the country and the kids and I were unprepared. We stopped at the grocery store on the way home and bought some nice, Italian sausage made by the butcher in the store. When we got home this is what I came up with. We had peppers, onions, cheese, and home made tomato sauce and a new family favorite was born. If you add ricotta you're getting close to lasagna. Not that that's a bad thing.