Baked Rigatoni With Aurora Sauce

Name: Baked Rigatoni With Aurora Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb rigatoni pasta; 8 tablespoons butter; 4 1/2 tablespoons flour; 2 1/2 cups milk; 1 cup tomato sauce (perferably homemade); salt; pepper; 1 1/2 cups parmesan cheese; 8 teaspoons toasted breadcrumbs

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Recipe by mary winecoff

Aurora sauce is a combination of bechamel, cream and tomato puree. My boys love this simple, quick dish.

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READY IN: 25mins

SERVES: 6

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

lb rigatoni pasta
8

tablespoons butter
4 ¹⁄₂

tablespoons flour
2 ¹⁄₂

cups milk
1

cup tomato sauce (perferably homemade)
salt
pepper
1 ¹⁄₂

cups parmesan cheese
8

teaspoons toasted breadcrumbs

DIRECTIONS

Make bechamel sauce using 6 tablespoons butter, flour and milk.
(Melt butter, add flour and cook until bubbly, then add milk and whisk until thickened).
Stir in tomato sauce.
Add salt and pepper.
Cook pasta until al dente.
Drain, mix well with sauce and 1/2 of the Parmesan cheese.
Turn into buttered oven dish.
Mix remaining cheese with breadcrumbs.
Top casserole with this mixture, then dot with remaining butter.
Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes.

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