Cheesy Italian Sausage Bake Food

ITALIAN SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and lightly grease your 2.5-quart casserole or baking dish, or a 9 x 13 baking pan with extra virgin olive oil.
• Cook your rotini, penne, rigatoni, or ziti pasta per the package instructions, minus about two minutes for an al dente texture. Drain and rinse in cool water to stop the cooking process.
• Transfer the cooked pasta to your prepared baking dish.
• Pour marinara or spaghetti sauce over the cooked pasta layer.
• Cut your Italian sausage links into chunks and press them into the top of the sauce layer.
• Grate mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses then spread over the top of the sausage layer.
• Top with fresh cut basil and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 35-40 minutes. The casserole should be bubbling around the edges and the sausage pieces should have an internal temperature of 160 degrees F (71 degrees C) when done.
• Remove from the oven and serve immediately. Garnish with more cheese, basil, or chopped parsley if desired.

CHEESY BAKED PASTA WITH SAUSAGE AND RICOTTA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Heat oil in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high. Crumble sausage into skillet, using a spoon to break it into small pieces. Cook until starting to brown, stirring occasionally, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic, oregano, fennel seeds and red-pepper flakes (if using), and cook another 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in whole tomatoes and their juice, using a spoon to break them up. Add crushed tomatoes, bay leaves and 2 teaspoons salt, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 10 minutes to thicken slightly.
• Stir in pasta and 1 cup water and return to a simmer. Continue to simmer for 2 minutes, stirring frequently to make sure pasta doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan. Remove from heat, pluck out the bay leaves, and fold in about a third of the mozzarella.
• Top pasta with remaining mozzarella and dollops of ricotta. Sprinkle with Parmesan, then transfer to oven. Bake until pasta is tender when poked with a fork, and cheese is bubbly and lightly golden, 18 to 22 minutes. (If you'd like a more deeply browned topping, run the pan under the broiler for 1 or 2 minutes.) Remove from oven and let cool slightly before serving. Top with basil, plenty of black pepper, and more red-pepper flakes, if you like.

CHEESY HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta till just before al dente. Drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process.
• Over medium-high heat, saute garlic until fragrant.
• Add sausage and stir to break up any lumps. Cook until sausage is browned, about 5 minutes. Drain any excess fat.
• Add in marinara sauce, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, sugar and Worcestershire sauce and stir to combine. Simmer for 2 minutes.
• Combine the pasta with the meat sauce, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Stir to mix well.
• Spoon pasta mixture into a 9×13 casserole dish.
• Top with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
• Broil at 450°F for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese starts to brown.
• Dish and serve hot.
• Enjoy!

CHEESY ITALIAN SAUSAGE & POTATO BAKE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Place the potatoes, carrot and onion in a 2.5 quart lightly greased casserole dish. Add the oil, house seasoning and Italian seasoning. Toss to coat well then dot the potatoes with the butter. Lay the sausages across the top. Cover with tinfoil and place in a 425° oven for 30 minutes. Remove and uncover, return to the oven for 20 minutes. Remove and top with the cheese and place back in the oven for 10 minutes.

BAKED PENNE WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat oil in a large, deep skillet. Place sausage and onion in the skillet and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain excess fat. Pour in wine, and cook for 1 minute, stirring, to deglaze the pan. Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Toss with cooked pasta, and place in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Sprinkle top with mozzarella.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

CHEESY ITALIAN SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Layer half each of the bread cubes, sausage, cheese and vegetables in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; repeat layers.
• Microwave cream cheese in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 to 40 sec. or until softened; whisk until creamy. Gradually add milk, about 1/4 cup at a time, whisking after each addition until blended. Whisk in eggs. Pour over ingredients in baking dish; cover with foil. Refrigerate overnight.
• Heat oven to 350ºF. Bake casserole (covered) 50 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean, uncovering for the last 20 min.

CHEESY SAUSAGE PENNE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes. , Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream and onions., In a greased shallow 3-qt. baking dish, layer half of the pasta and sausage mixture. Dollop with half the cream cheese mixture; sprinkle with half the cheddar cheese. Repeat layers. , Bake, uncovered, until bubbly, 30-35 minutes.

POTLUCK SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente; drain and transfer to greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain and remove from pan., In same skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, oregano, salt and pepper; cook and stir 5 minutes. Add zucchini, mushrooms and garlic; cook and stir 6-8 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender., Stir in tomato sauce, pasta sauce and sausage; pour over pasta. Sprinkle with cheese (dish will be full). Cover casserole with a piece of foil coated with cooking spray. Bake 10 minutes. Uncover; bake until golden brown and cheese is melted, 15-20 minutes longer. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE RIGATONI BAKE

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°.

JOLEAN'S ITALIAN SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a 2 quart, ungreased casserole dish, layer twice: 1/2 cooked macaroni, 1/2 cooked sausage, then 1/2 sauce, 1/2 mushrooms, 1/2 shredded cheese. Do the same layering again.
• Sprinkle Romano cheese on top.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes, until cheese is slightly browned and casserole is bubbly.

CHEESY VELVEETA SAUSAGE BAKE

Steps:

• Cut sausage into small bite sized pieces. Fry with onion and garlic until completely cooked.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta with a pinch of salt until fully cooked.
• Preheat oven to 350°F In a greased 8 inch square pan, cover the bottom with the sausage mixture.
• Top with sliced celery. Cut 4oz of Velveeta into small chunks and scatter over celery.
• Top with 1/2 of cooked pasta. Cut remaining Velveeta and layer that and remaining pasta on top.
• Spoon pasta sauce over noodles, making sure it covers all of the top (otherwise the pasta will dry out). Sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake for 20 minutes.