Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, parmigiana pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Parmigiana Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Parmigiana Pasta Bake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Hand-crafted from Small Batches, Shipped Directly to You. Add pasta and cook as label directs. Parmigiana Pasta Bake Tip: if you're using dried herbs, make sure you smell them before you add them (or read the label). I ended up putting in loads of mint rather than oregano 🤦🏻♀️.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have parmigiana pasta bake using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Parmigiana Pasta Bake:
- Make ready 500 g short curly pasta (we used gemelli)
- Take 1 small aubergine
- Prepare 2 courgettes
- Get 1 tin tomato passata/sauce
- Prepare 1 handful dried oregano
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Prepare 1 chilli deseeded and finely chopped
- Take 1 large onion, finely chopped
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- Get 30-50 g breadcrumbs
- Prepare 50 g parmesan
- Get 1 mozzarella ball
Remove from the oven then serve with extra fresh basil leaves. Put the pasta mixed with the tomato sauce, eggplant pieces and mozzarella pieces in a greased oven dish. Cover the top with more mozzarella slices (if you want) and grated Parmesan. Spread half the ricotta on the top and sprinkle with Parmesan, salt and pepper.
Steps to make Parmigiana Pasta Bake:
- Chop the courgettes and aubergine into small cubes and toss them in some salt
- Fry the onion and garlic in a large pan with a little olive oil for 5 mins or until soft
- Add the chilli, aubergine and courgettes and cook for about 10 mins
- Meanwhile; Boil a large pan of salted water and tip the pasta in. Cook according to the pack instructions till it’s soft but not too soft. Drain and tip into a large dish and leave aside.
- When the aubergine and courgettes are soft, pour in the tomato tin and stir in the oregano and seasoning
- Bring the sauce to a simmer for 5 mins to coat the veg
- Pour the vegetable mix over the pasta and stir so the pasta is coated and the vegetables are mixed among the pasta.
- Tear the mozzarella into smaller blobs and dot around the pasta. Grate over the Parmesan and sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and crack some more black pepper over the top to make a cheesy, crumby topping!
- Bake in the oven (around 180-200c) for 30-40 mins until the topping is golden and crispy
Cover the top with more mozzarella slices (if you want) and grated Parmesan. Spread half the ricotta on the top and sprinkle with Parmesan, salt and pepper. Continue to repeat the layers until all the aubergine is used. Finish with a layer of mozzarella slices topped with a. Arrange the aubergine slices in a single layer.
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