Description
This versatile one-dish pasta bake uses your favorite pizza ingredients like bell pepper, sausage, pepperoni, and olives–and you can use your family’s favorite pasta shapes.
Ingredients
- 1 pound any shape pasta (such as penne, farfalle, elbows)
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- ½ sweet onion, diced
- 4 ounces sliced pepperoni, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 ounces sliced black olives
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 1 (24 ounce) jar RAGÚ® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook pasta according to package directions.
- While pasta is cooking
- cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat until just lightly pink. Add green bell pepper and onion to sausage. Continue cooking until meat is cooked through. Add pepperoni
- olives
- cream cheese
- and sauce. Cook over low heat until heated through and cheese has melted.
- When pasta is done
- drain and return to the pot. Stir sausage mixture into pasta; stir to coat.
- Add 1/2 of the pasta mixture to the prepared baking dish. Top with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese. Spread remaining pasta over cheese and top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning and place a few pepperoni slices on top
- if you like.
- Bake until cheese has melted and pasta is heated through
- about 15 minutes.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 6