Easy Tomato Basil Pasta Bake
by Joey Firoben • featured in 7 Pasta Recipes For All Pasta Lovers
Ingredients
for 8 servings
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16 oz fusilli pasta, or any similar pasta, 1 box (455 g) -
28 oz crushed tomato, 2 cans (795 g) -
½ cup water (120 mL) -
¼ cup olive oil (60 mL) -
½ cup fresh basil, torn (20 g) -
2 tablespoons dried oregano - 4 cloves garlic, minced
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2 teaspoons salt, plus more for sprinkling -
1 teaspoon black pepper - 4 large tomatoes, thinly sliced
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Preparation
- Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C).
- In a large bowl, mix together the crushed tomatoes, water, olive oil, basil, oregano, garlic, salt, pepper, and fusilli.
- Pour the pasta mixture into a greased roasting pan and smooth the top into an even layer.
- Line the top of the mixture with the sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with salt.
- Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until the pasta is fully cooked. Serve and sprinkle with garnish of choice.
- Enjoy!
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Tips
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Taiya Kimmel
Would probably cook pasta beforehand (or at least halfway through) or else it is hard and crunchy
2018-07-05T05:31:40Z Helpful (9) -
Linnea Hodge
This was super convenient big batch cooking. It came out pretty acidic though, so maybe I’ll add some sautéed onions next time for some sweetness, not sure.
2018-06-21T00:45:40Z Helpful (6) -
mslily
💯 I used 1 tbsp of oregano. However, mine took 1.5 HRS to bake.. I baked @450. I needed to add way more water. Keep an 👁 on it. Once the💧starts to go down, u need to add more to cover all the pasta. Some of my pasta burned bc they weren't covered completely with💧. I also didn't dice the garlic & I recommend 10-11 cloves since this is such a big dish. 💯😋
2018-07-02T02:50:49Z Helpful (5) -
Sparrow Lopez
Too much Oregano. Not enough sauce. My pasta came out way too under cooked. I had to add more sauce. I’ll try to make this again someday but I’ll double the sauce and drastically reduced the oregano
2018-06-28T05:08:46Z Helpful (5)
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