Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, veggie pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Serve up a hearty vegetarian pasta bake for a filling family supper. Our comforting classics include mac 'n' cheese, creamy lasagne or tomato & cheese bake. Vegetable Pasta Bake tasty, filling comfort food.

Veggie Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Veggie Pasta Bake is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook veggie pasta bake using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Veggie Pasta Bake:

1. Prepare Penna Pasta
2. Take Olive oil (max 3 tablespoons only), plus extra for drizzling
3. Get Salt
4. Make ready Sauce
5. Get plum tomatoes (400g each)
6. Get pasta bolognese sauce (500g)
7. Take water
8. Make ready Italian herbs (rosemary, oregano, thyme)
9. Make ready Garlic cloves, finely chopped
10. Get green chillies halved, lengthwise (medium spice level)
11. Get sugar
12. Make ready Fresh basil (leave some for garnish)
13. Prepare VEGGIES + SAUSAGES (dry-fried/grilled & baked)
14. Prepare Vegetarian sausages (I used Cauldron brand)
15. Prepare courgette/zuchinni, chopped round then into half moons
16. Make ready Aubergine (medium-large), cut vertically- see pics below
17. Take button mushrooms, washed and medium chopped
18. Prepare pack Spinach, washed
19. Prepare large red onion
20. Prepare balsamic vinegar
21. Prepare Toppings
22. Take Fresh basil
23. Prepare Cheddar and mozarella, shredded/grated
24. Make ready Olive oil for drizzling

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Instructions to make Veggie Pasta Bake:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius- for sausages and courgette later
2. For the sauce. In a pan on medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil. Then add chopped garlic, 3 green chillies, halved. Cook until garlic is browned
3. Turn up heat slightly. Add in 2 cans of plum tomatoes, 1 jar bolognese sauce, pinch of salt, italian herbs and fresh basil. Add 1/4 cup water. Mix all until sauce comes to a boil. Then lower heat, cover and let simmer over low-medium heat for 25 minutes. Stir occasionally.
4. Cook pasta as per pack instructions with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Drain when ready.
5. While pasta sauce is simmering for the next 25 mins, put sausages in pre-heated oven. Bake as per pack instructions (mine were 20 mins). Cut courgettes into half moons. Bake for 10 mins. (I put mine in the same baking pan as the sausages and just removed them earlier, allowing sausages to finish baking). Once baked, cut sausages. Set courgettes and sausages aside.
6. Cut your aubergine lengthwise. In a separate pan, on medium heat (NO OIL), place aubergine and allow to dry-fry for 7-10 mins on each side, turning occasionally, until they become slightly charred- see pic. Remove and set aside.
7. Slice red onion thinly. In same pan, on medium heat, add half tbsp oil and sliced red onions. When they start to wilt, add 1tsp balsamic vinegar (see pic). This will give them a sweet taste! Allow to caramelise slightly. Remove and set aside.
8. In same pan, cook your mushrooms until no longer watery. Set aside.
9. Pasta tomato sauce should be ready and reduced by now. Add 1tbsp sugar to balance the taste. Mix. Add drained pasta to sauce together with the courgettes, mushrooms, sausages. Mix all. Add spinach, cover for 2 mins to allow it to wilt. Uncover. Stir all for 1 min. Remove from heat.
10. Assemble! Grease your baking dish with a spray of olive oil. Pour the mixed pasta. Top with the caramelised red onions and charred aubergine. Finish with grated cheddar and mozarella all over. Add basil for garnish. See pic.
11. Drizzle the top lightly with olive oil. Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 15 mins, until golden. Enjoy and bon appetit!

Pour everything into a big ovenproof dish, top with the sliced tomatoes and sprinkle over lots of Parmesan. Tips for the perfect veggie pasta bake. Al dente pasta - You only want to cook the pasta until it's just about done, so take a few minutes off of the packet instruction. If you fully cook the pasta, it's going to. Meanwhile, put the pasta in a large saucepan and cover with salted boiling water.

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