Baked Spinach Rigatoni Food

BAKED RICOTTA AND SPINACH RIGATONI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cook rigatoni for 5 minutes in a pot of boiling, salted water. Drain and toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Set aside.
• To make the bechamel sauce:
• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat and add the shallots and garlic. Sweat the shallots and garlic for a few minutes until softened and but not colored. Add the flour and stir until a smooth paste forms. Gradually whisk in the wine and then the milk. Bring the mixture to a simmer, whisking constantly and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper, to taste. Let cool slightly.
• Transfer cooled bechamel to a large mixing bowl and add the spinach, ricotta, and eggs. Mix in rigatoni and transfer to a greased 9 by13-inch baking dish. Top with grated mozzarella. Cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 20 minutes, or until cheese is lightly browned on top, the center is no longer runny, and the sides are bubbly.

BAKED SPINACH RIGATONI RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook rigatoni a la dente according to box instructions. Drain when cooked. In a large sauce pan, heat oil to medium high and sauté garlic for a few minutes until it starts to get translucent. Add the spinach, crushed tomatoes, sauce and Italian seasoning. Bring mixture to a simmer, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. When pasta is drained, add to the sauce pot and remove from heat. Gently mix in the parmesan and ricotta cheese. Pour the pasta mixture into a large casserole pan and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese. Loosely cover with aluminum foil. Bake for about 30 minutes or until pasta is bubbling. Remove foil and cook for 5 more minutes or until cheese melts and starts to turn golden.

RIGATONI WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Fill up a a large pot of salted water to boil for pasta.
• In large saute pan, on low heat (large enough to hold cooked pasta) add olive oil, garlic, crushed red pepper and saute for about 3 minutes.
• Add spinach, chicken bouillon cube, salt and freshly ground pepper and butter. Saute for about 2 minutes. Remover from heat.
• Cook pasta according to package. While pasta is cooking, add the starchy pasta cooking water to spinach and garlic. Stir to combine.
• Drain pasta, toss with sauce.

SLOW-COOKER BAKED SPINACH AND MUSHROOM RIGATONI

Steps:

• Break up the tomatoes and their juices in a medium bowl with your hands or a potato masher. Add the oil, garlic, ¾ teaspoon salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper. In a separate medium bowl, combine the uncooked rigatoni, onion, and mushrooms.
• Spread a third of the tomato mixture in the bottom of a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker. Top with half the pasta mixture, half the spinach, a third of the tomato mixture, half the ricotta, and half the mozzarella; repeat. Cover and cook on high until the pasta is tender, 3 1/2 to 4 hours.
• Serve sprinkled with the Parmesan.

BAKED RICOTTA AND SPINACH RIGATONI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cook the rigatoni for 5 minutes in a pot of boiling, salted water.
• Drain and toss with the olive oil.
• Set aside.
• To make the bechamel sauce, melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat and add the shallots and garlic.
• Sweat the shallots and garlic for a few minutes until softened but not coloured.
• Add the flour and stir until a smooth paste forms.
• Gradually whisk in the wine and then the milk.
• Bring the mixture to a simmer, whisking constantly and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Season with nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.
• Let cool slightly.
• Transfer the cooled bechamel to a large mixing bowl and add the spinach, ricotta, and eggs.
• Mix in the rigatoni and transfer to a greased 9" x 13" baking dish.
• Top with the grated mozzarella.
• Cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake for 40 minutes.
• Remove the foil and bake for an additional 20 minutes, or until the cheese is lightly browned on top, the centre is no longer runny, and the sides are bubbly.

BAKED RIGATONI WITH SPINACH, RICOTTA, AND FONTINA

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Oil a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
• In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the rigatoni until almost done, about 12 minutes.
• Drain.
• Put the pasta in the prepared baking dish and toss with 1 tablespoon of the oil.
• Meanwhile, squeeze as much of the water as possible from the spinach.
• Put the spinach in a food processor and puree with the ricotta, 3 tablespoons of the Parmesan, the nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
• Stir in half the fontina.
• Stir the spinach mixture into the pasta.
• Top with the remaining fontina and Parmesan.
• Drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons oil over the top.
• Bake the pasta until the top is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• VARIATION:.
• You can substitute another chunky pasta, such as penne rigate, penne, ziti, or fusilli. Boil all of these one or two minutes less.

BAKED RIGATONI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Spray 13 x 9 baking dish with cooking spray. Cook rigatoni according to package. If making sausage, cook over med-high heat 5-7 minutes. In baking dish layer half each of pasta, sausage or soy meat, sauce and cheese. Repeat layers. Bake 35-40 minutes or until hot and cheese is golden brown.

RIGATONI SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Slit the sausages and remove them from their skins, then chop them into small pieces. Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and fry for 5 minutes, until softened and lightly browned. Stir in the sausages and fry until lightly coloured. Add the carrot, then stir in the wine, stock, tomato purée, and season.
• Bring to the boil, then simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes until thickened. Taste and season. Set aside.
• Put the butter, flour and milk in a pan. Gently heat, whisking, until thickened and smooth. Add a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg, season, then simmer for 2 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 190C/Gas 5/fan 170C. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta, stir well, then cook, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes, until tender. Remove from the heat, stir in the spinach and, when just wilted, drain well.
• Tip half the pasta into a shallow ovenproof dish, about 2.2 litre/4 pint, and level. Spoon over the sausage sauce, then cover with the remaining pasta. Pour the white sauce evenly over the top and sprinkle with the cheddar. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Leave for 5 minutes before serving.