Ravenview Recipes – Baked Rigatoni

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups rigatoni
• 500 ml pasta sauce
• 1/3 cup basil leaves, divided
• 1/4 teas salt & pepper
• 2 spicy sausages or meatballs or chicken
• 2 tbls dry bread crumbs
• 1 cup grated cheese(romano and/or mozzarella)
• Par-cook rigatoni for 7 minutes. Reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid. Transfer pasta to an oiled 9″ X 11″ baking dish.
• In a bowl combine the pasta sauce (preferably homemade) and the water, half the basil leaves and salt & pepper. Pour over the pasta.
• Squeeze the sausages out of their skins and cook in a small saucepan. Scatter over the pasta and sauce. Alternately, do the same with meatballs or chicken.
• Sprinkle with dry breadcrumbs and cheese.
• Bake 15 min at 425F until bubbling. Sprinkle with remaining basil leaves and serve.