Baked Pasta Recipes For Dinner

Steps:

• Heat oven to 500°F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 4 minutes. Drain in a colander.
• While pasta is cooking, combine cream, tomatoes, mozzarella, Pecorino Romano, fontina, Gorgonzola, ricotta, 1/4 teaspoon salt and basil in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Add par-cooked pasta to cheese mixture and toss to combine.
• Divide among 6 to 8 individual, shallow, ceramic gratin dishes (1 1/2 to 2 cup capacity). Dot with butter and bake until bubbly and brown on top, 7 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Pecorino Romano and scallions. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Wash Asparagus.
• Remove any tough stalks and cut into short lengths.
• You may want to split the length in half.
• Melt about 3 tbs of butter in pan and cook the asparagus over a low heat for about 20 min.
• Every so often, add a little chicken stock to keep it moist.
• When the asparagus is done, season to taste.
• While the asparagus is cooking, process the ricotta cheese with the oil.
• Cook the pasta for half the time stated on the package.
• Drain and immediately toss in the remaining butter and half the Parmesan.
• Butter a deep oven dish.
• Make a thin layer of pasta, then one of asparagus, then one of pasta again and then one of ricotta.
• Repeat, finishing with the layer of pasta.
• Beat together the eggs and the remaining cheese and pour over the top.
• Sprinkle with black pepper.
• Bake in a medium oven, 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Brown meat in large skillet; drain. Return to skillet. Add pasta, pasta sauce and half the Parmesan; mix well.
• Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining cheeses.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through.