date: 2020-07-31T02:50:13.851Z image: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/9752cfd7fbfc1f5d/751x532cq70/veggie-pasta-bake-recipe-main-photo.jpg thumbnail: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/9752cfd7fbfc1f5d/751x532cq70/veggie-pasta-bake-recipe-main-photo.jpg cover: https://img-global.cpcdn.com/recipes/9752cfd7fbfc1f5d/751x532cq70/veggie-pasta-bake-recipe-main-photo.jpg author: Edith Silva ratingvalue: 4.5 reviewcount: 26913 recipeingredient: - "750 g Penna Pasta" - " Olive oil max 3 tablespoons only plus extra for drizzling" - " Salt" - " Sauce" - "2 cans plum tomatoes 400g each" - "1 jar pasta bolognese sauce 500g" - "1/4 cup water" - "1 tsp Italian herbs rosemary oregano thyme" - "3 Garlic cloves finely chopped" - "3 green chillies halved lengthwise medium spice level" - "1-1.5 tbsp sugar" - " Fresh basil leave some for garnish" - " VEGGIES SAUSAGES dryfriedgrilled baked" - " Vegetarian sausages I used Cauldron brand" - "1 courgettezuchinni chopped round then into half moons" - "1 Aubergine mediumlarge cut vertically see pics below" - "1 pack button mushrooms washed and medium chopped" - "120 g pack Spinach washed" - "1 large red onion" - "1 tsp balsamic vinegar" - " Toppings" - " Fresh basil" - " Cheddar and mozarella shreddedgrated" - " Olive oil for drizzling" recipeinstructions: - "Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius- for sausages and courgette later" - "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" - "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." - "Cook pasta as per pack instructions with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Drain when ready." - "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." - "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." - "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." - "In same pan, cook your mushrooms until no longer watery. Set aside." - "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." - "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." - "Drizzle the top lightly with olive oil. Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 15 mins, until golden. Enjoy and bon appetit!" categories: - Recipe tags: - veggie - pasta - bake katakunci: veggie pasta bake nutrition: 215 calories recipecuisine: American preptime: "PT34M" cooktime: "PT30M" recipeyield: "3" recipecategory: Lunch ---  Hello everybody, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, veggie pasta bake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Veggie Pasta Bake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It's easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. They're nice and they look fantastic. Veggie Pasta Bake is something that I have loved my whole life. To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have veggie pasta bake using 24 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that. ##### The ingredients needed to make Veggie Pasta Bake: 1. Take 750 g Penna Pasta 1. Prepare Olive oil (max 3 tablespoons only), plus extra for drizzling 1. Get Salt 1. Get Sauce 1. Make ready 2 cans plum tomatoes (400g each) 1. Take 1 jar pasta bolognese sauce (500g) 1. Prepare 1/4 cup water 1. Make ready 1 tsp Italian herbs (rosemary, oregano, thyme) 1. Prepare 3 Garlic cloves, finely chopped 1. Prepare 3 green chillies halved, lengthwise (medium spice level) 1. Make ready 1-1.5 tbsp sugar 1. Make ready Fresh basil (leave some for garnish) 1. Prepare VEGGIES + SAUSAGES (dry-fried/grilled & baked) 1. Make ready Vegetarian sausages (I used Cauldron brand) 1. Get 1 courgette/zuchinni, chopped round then into half moons 1. Get 1 Aubergine (medium-large), cut vertically- see pics below 1. Take 1 pack button mushrooms, washed and medium chopped 1. Get 120 g pack Spinach, washed 1. Prepare 1 large red onion 1. Make ready 1 tsp balsamic vinegar 1. Make ready Toppings 1. Take Fresh basil 1. Make ready Cheddar and mozarella, shredded/grated 1. Make ready Olive oil for drizzling ##### Instructions to make Veggie Pasta Bake: 1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius- for sausages and courgette later 1. 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 1. 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. 1. Cook pasta as per pack instructions with 1 tbsp oil and salt. Drain when ready. 1. 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. 1. 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. 1. 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. 1. In same pan, cook your mushrooms until no longer watery. Set aside. 1. 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. 1. 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. 1. Drizzle the top lightly with olive oil. Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 15 mins, until golden. Enjoy and bon appetit! So that's going to wrap this up with this exceptional food veggie pasta bake recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!