Italian Sausage Bake
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 226.79 g ziti pasta (or similar pasta cooked according to package)
- 9.85 ml olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 340.19 g mild Italian sausage (I remove from casings)
- 4.92 ml garlic, diced (I recommend 1 tsp but like garlic a lot so go with what you prefer)
- 1.23 ml fennel seed (optional)
- 4.92 ml italian seasoning
- 170.09 g sliced mushrooms (optional)
- 2 (850.48 g) container of favorite pasta sauce
- 354.88 ml shredded mozzarella cheese
- 29.58 ml parmesan cheese (fresh shredded works best) or 29.58 ml romano cheese (fresh shredded works best)
directions
- Preheat oven to 400 F and grease 13x9-in baking dish.
- Prepare pasta according to package directions.
- Heat Oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and sauté until slightly transparent.
- Add sausage and cook stirring frequently to break up, cook until no longer pink.
- Add garlic, fennel, Italian seasoning and mushrooms.
- Stir frequently and cook until mushrooms are tender.
- Add sauce, stirring to mix, cook until sauce is heated through. Remove from heat.
- Add to prepared baking dish and sprinkle evenly with mozzarella and parmesan/romano cheese.
- Bake 15 to 17 minutes or until cheese is bubbly.
- Cool approximately 5 Minutes.
- To freeze ahead prepare as above but do not bake.
- Cover and freeze up to 2 months.
- Thaw overnight in refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 400F and bake 25 to 35 minutes.
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Reviews
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Made as directed with the exception of adding additional garlic. Wasn't sure if I was to add the pasta to the dish before baking or put the sauce on top of pasta after baking so I added to the sauce before and placed it all in the oven with the cheese on top. Very aromatic while baking - a nice change from traditional pasta & sauce. Thanks for submitting Snowpuma.
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