A baked rigatoni dish with tomatoes and sausages

Rigatoni al forno

Name: Rigatoni al forno
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 300g rigatoni; 1 small ball mozzarella diced; grated to make 2 tbsp Grana Padano; 1 tbsp olive oil; 6 pork and herb sausages skins removed; 2 cloves garlic crushed; 1 tsp fennel seeds crushed; chopped to make 2 tsp rosemary leaves; 2 x 400g tins plum tomatoes

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: March 12, 2021 at 10:18 AM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 1 hr

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The ultimate sausage pasta bake, this quick and easy family favourite calls for tubes of rigatoni pasta, mozzarella and plenty of fresh rosemary

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Ingredients

Nutrition

300g rigatoni
1 small ball mozzarella

diced
grated to make 2 tbsp Grana Padano

PASTA SAUCE

1 tbsp olive oil
6 pork and herb sausages

skins removed
2 cloves garlic

crushed
1 tsp fennel seeds

crushed
chopped to make 2 tsp rosemary leaves
2 x 400g tins plum tomatoes

Nutrition: per serving

kcal632
fat34.1g
saturates13.6g
carbs52.2g
fibre2g
protein29.1g
salt2.5g

Method

step 1

To make the sauce, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the sausages until browned, breaking them up with a wooden spoon so you have quite small pieces. Add the garlic, fennel and rosemary and cook for a couple of minutes more.
step 2

Add the tomatoes then simmer for 20 minutes until thickened. Cook the pasta but keep an eye on it, and stop cooking when it is a couple of minutes away from being done – you will be cooking it more in the oven so you want it to still have a bit of bite.
step 3

Mix the pasta with the sauce and tip into a baking dish. Scatter over the mozzarella and Grana Padano and bake for 20-30 minutes until bubbling and golden.

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