Indulge in a culinary journey with our delectable baked rigatoni, a symphony of flavors that will tantalize your taste buds. This hearty dish features succulent Italian sausage, earthy mushrooms, and a creamy béchamel sauce, all nestled within tender rigatoni pasta. Experience a delightful blend of textures, from the crispy Parmesan cheese crust to the soft and savory filling. With three variations to choose from, including a vegetarian option, this recipe offers something for every palate. Whether you prefer the classic combination of sausage and mushrooms, the vibrant flavors of sun-dried tomatoes and spinach, or the simplicity of a creamy mushroom filling, you're sure to find a version that hits the spot. Prepare to embark on a culinary adventure with our baked rigatoni, a dish that promises to leave you satisfied and craving more.
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ITALIAN SAUSAGE RIGATONI BAKE
This casserole combines all of our favorite Italian flavors, but the fresh mozzarella really sets it apart! -Blair Lonergan, Rochelle, Virginia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 55m
Yield 2 casseroles (4 servings each).
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375°. Cook rigatoni according to package directions; drain., In a large skillet, cook sausage, mushrooms and pepper over medium-high heat until sausage is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, breaking up sausage into crumbles, 8-10 minutes; drain. Stir in marinara sauce, Parmesan cheese and cream. Add rigatoni and toss to coat., In each of 2 greased 8-in. square baking dishes, layer one-fourth of the rigatoni mixture and one-fourth of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers. Bake, uncovered, until heated through and cheese is melted, 25-35 minutes. (Cover loosely with foil if tops brown too quickly.) Freeze option: Cool unbaked casseroles; cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 375°. Bake casseroles as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 535 calories, Fat 26g fat (11g saturated fat), Cholesterol 71mg cholesterol, Sodium 774mg sodium, Carbohydrate 48g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 29g protein.
BAKED MUSHROOM RIGATONI WITH KALE GREMOLATA
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories side-dish
Time 55m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- For the pasta: Cook the rigatoni in a large pot of generously salted boiling water until al dente, about 3 minutes less than the package directions. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
- Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large Dutch oven. Sear the mushrooms, undisturbed, for 3 minutes; stir, and season with 1 teaspoon salt. Sear on the reverse side an additional 2 minutes. Remove the mushrooms from the pan.
- Lower the heat to medium and melt the butter in the Dutch oven. Add the garlic and flour, and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and simmer gently until the sauce just thickens, 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the Parmesan, Gruyere and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Let cool slightly, then add half of the seared mushrooms, and puree with an immersion blender.
- In a large bowl, toss the pasta with the sauce and the remaining half of the mushrooms, adding about 1/4 cup of the reserved pasta water or more if desired. Transfer to a baking dish.
- For the gremolata: In a medium bowl, combine the kale, Gruyere, panko, smoked almonds, olive oil and lemon zest.
- Scatter the gremolata over the pasta and bake until golden on top and bubbling, about 40 minutes.
BAKED RIGATONI WITH SAUSAGE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Time 50m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- For the topping: Add the ricotta, basil, and salt to a small bowl. Stir together with a rubber spatula. Set aside.
- For the pasta: Bring a large pot of water to boil. Season well with salt and cook the rigatoni for 5 minutes. Drain well, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water.
- Meanwhile, heat a large braiser or ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and sausage to the pan. Cook, stirring often and breaking apart the meat with the back of a spoon, until beginning to brown, about 7 minutes. Add the broccoli and garlic and cook to marry the flavors, about 3 minutes. Stir in the marinara and 1/4 teaspoon salt until fully combined. Add the pasta to the pan and sprinkle with 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese. Toss well to coat. Add the reserved pasta water to thin the sauce slightly.
- Dollop the ricotta cheese mixture evenly over the top. Nestle the ricotta mixture into the pasta and cover with some of the pasta. Sprinkle with the mozzarella and remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and bake until golden brown and bubbly, about 20 minutes. Allow to sit for 5 minutes before serving.
EASY ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RIGATONI
An easy-to-make weeknight dinner with minimal cooking. Just throw everything together and let your oven do the rest.
Provided by Yoly
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 1h25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.
- Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet until meat is no longer pink and onions are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Combine spaghetti sauce, cottage cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, eggs, parsley, Italian seasoning, basil, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add sausage and onion mixture; stir until well combined. Add pasta and carefully mix until well incorporated. Transfer to the prepared baking dish and cover.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven, top with remaining mozzarella, and bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted, about 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 673.3 calories, Carbohydrate 56.5 g, Cholesterol 133.4 mg, Fat 31.6 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 39.9 g, SaturatedFat 13.4 g, Sodium 1953.3 mg, Sugar 17.5 g
BAKED RIGATONI WITH EGGPLANT AND SAUSAGE
Provided by Tyler Florence
Categories main-dish
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat for the pasta. Get yourself a 9 by 13-inch glass or ceramic baking dish.
- Heat a 2 count of olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausages and toss in the hot oil for 3 to 4 minutes, you want them nicely browned on the outside but still rare on the inside. Put the sausages in the baking dish.
- Turn the heat down to medium. Add a generous 1/3 cup of oil to the skillet and get it hot. Add as many eggplant pieces as you can comfortably fit in a single layer and sprinkle well with salt. Cook, turning, for 7 to 8 minutes, until the eggplant is nice and browned, crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Use a spatula to put the eggplant into the baking dish with the sausage. Cook the rest of the eggplant pieces, adding more oil to the pan, as needed, and putting the finished eggplant into the baking dish.
- Add another 2 count of oil to the skillet, then your onion and garlic, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until translucent. Dump the whole can of tomatoes and their juices into a bowl and crush the tomatoes with your hands to break them up; add that to the pan with the basil and cook it down until pulpy and relatively thick. This will take about 15 minutes.
- By this time your pasta water will be boiling. Add the rigatoni, give it a stir, and cook for 6 to 7 minutes, it should be slightly firm as it will cook further in the oven. Ladle out 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water and reserve; the drain the rigatoni.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Chop the sausages into nice big, bite-size chunky pieces and return the pieces to the baking dish. Add the tomato sauce, rigatoni, and the reserved pasta water. Break up half the mozzarella over the mixture, season with salt and pepper, and gently mix with your hands or a spatula. Dust with the Parmigiano and drizzle with more olive oil. Bake for 15 minutes. Spread the remaining mozzarella in an even layer over the top and continue to bake for another 10 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOM BAKED RIGATONI
Italian sausage and sauteed mushrooms make this three-cheese pasta bake special.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 1h5m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the garlic is golden, about 2 minutes. Add both cans of tomatoes and 1 cup of water. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat slightly, add the basil and simmer rapidly, uncovered, until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Discard the basil. Season with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking up any clumps with a wooden spoon, until brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer the sausage to a large bowl with a slotted spoon. Add the mushrooms to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally and reducing the heat slightly if necessary, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Add the mushrooms to the bowl with the sausage.
- Cook the rigatoni in the salted boiling water until very al dente, about 2 minutes less than the package directions. Drain the pasta and add it to the bowl.
- Add the tomato sauce and half of the provolone and pecorino to the bowl and stir well to combine. Transfer the pasta to a 3- to 4-quart baking dish and dollop spoonfuls of the ricotta on top. Top with the remaining provolone and pecorino. Bake, uncovered, until browned, about 15 minutes. Let the pasta stand about 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped basil.
BAKED RIGATONI & SAUSAGE
To serve a dozen people without any extra effort, simply double this recipe and prepare two of these hearty pasta bakes. -Elaine Neukirch, Genoa, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 35m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cook rigatoni according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add spaghetti sauce and wine., Drain rigatoni; add to sausage mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted. Freeze option: Freeze individual portions of cooled pasta mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little spaghetti sauce if necessary.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 544 calories, Fat 26g fat (11g saturated fat), Cholesterol 67mg cholesterol, Sodium 1341mg sodium, Carbohydrate 47g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 4g fiber), Protein 27g protein.
BAKED RIGATONI AND SAUSAGE
Make and share this Baked Rigatoni and Sausage recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Caryn
Categories European
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage until brown on all sides.
- Remove from pan; slice into thin pieces.
- Return meat to pan; add onion and garlic.
- Cook until onion is tender; drain.
- Stir in hot pasta and ricotta cheese; blend well.
- Pour 1 cup spaghetti sauce on bottom of a 3-quart casserole dish.
- Spread one-third pasta mixture over sauce; cover with 1 cup spaghetti sauce.
- Sprinkle 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese and 1 Tablespoon Parmesan cheese over sauce.
- Repeat layers of pasta mixture, sauce, and cheeses twice, ending with Parmesan Cheese.
- Cover, bake at 400 degrees F.
- for 20 to 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
BAKED RIGATONI WITH SAUSAGE AND MUSHROOMS
Make and share this Baked Rigatoni With Sausage and Mushrooms recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Phil Franco
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Rinse porcini mushrooms.
- Place in medium bowl.
- Add 1 cups hot water, cover, and let stand until softened, about 20 minutes. Drain, reserving soaking liquid.
- Chop porcini mushrooms.
- Heat 1/2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Saute onion until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add sausage to the pot.
- Increase heat to high and cook until no longer pink, breaking up into small pieces with back of fork, about 12 minutes.
- Add button mushrooms and chopped rosemary to the pot and stir until mushrooms begin to soften, about 8 minutes.
- Add porcini, wine, and bay leaf to the pot and boil until almost all liquid evaporates, stirring frequently, about 6 minutes.
- Add porcini soaking liquid to the pot, leaving sediment behind.
- Add beef broth to the pot.
- Boil until sauce is syrupy, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
- Add half and half to the pot; boil until thickened slightly, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. (Sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly, then cover and chill. Re-warm before continuing.)
- Brush a 3 and 1/2-quart glass or porcelain baking dishes with olive oil.
- Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until 'al dente', stirring occasionally. Drain.
- Add pasta to the sauce in pot; stir to coat.
- Mix 1 cup cheese into the pot.
- Season pasta with salt and pepper.
- Place in prepared baking dish. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.)
- Preheat oven to 375°F
- Cover dish with foil.
- Bake pasta just until hot but not bubbling, about 25 minutes.
- Sprinkle with additional cheese.
- Garnish with rosemary sprigs and serve with additional cheese. Makes 6 servings.
- That's it!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 826.1, Fat 46, SaturatedFat 16.9, Cholesterol 164.6, Sodium 865.8, Carbohydrate 69.1, Fiber 4.8, Sugar 4.5, Protein 31.6
RIGATONI WITH SAUSAGE AND WILD MUSHROOMS
Provided by Moira Hodgson
Categories dinner, pastas, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Soak the porcini in a bowl of one-and-a-half cups boiling water or broth for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, using a heavy skillet, brown the sausage pieces. Remove them from the pan and drain them on paper towel.
- Saute the onion and the garlic in the olive oil until soft.
- Trim the stalks from the mushrooms. Wash off any grit under cold running water or use a soft brush or clean towel (do not soak the fresh mushrooms or they will become soggy). Slice them into one-and-a-half-inch pieces.
- Drain the porcini through a coffee filter, cheese cloth or paper towel, reserving the soaking liquid. Chop the porcini and add them with their soaking liquid to the onion, along with the tomato paste, chicken stock and herbs. Season lightly with salt and pepper and simmer gently for half an hour. If the sauce gets too thick add more stock. If it is too thin, turn up the heat.
- Meanwhile, bring six quarts water to boil for the rigatoni. Cook the rigatoni, drain and place the pasta in a heated bowl. Pour the sauce on top and toss thoroughly. Serve immediately. Pass the cheese separately.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients: Fresh, flavorful ingredients will make all the difference in your baked rigatoni dish. Look for high-quality sausage, mushrooms, and tomatoes.
- Cook the sausage and mushrooms thoroughly: This will help to develop their flavor and prevent them from becoming soggy in the pasta.
- Use a flavorful cheese: A good melting cheese like mozzarella or fontina will help to create a gooey, cheesy sauce.
- Don't overcook the pasta: Al dente pasta will hold its shape and texture better in the baked dish.
- Serve the baked rigatoni immediately: This dish is best enjoyed hot out of the oven.
Conclusion:
Baked rigatoni with sausage and mushrooms is a delicious and easy-to-make pasta dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. With its rich, flavorful sauce and gooey cheese, this dish is sure to be a hit with the whole family. So next time you're looking for a quick and satisfying meal, give baked rigatoni a try.
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