Baked Penne with Italian Sausage
Amazing pasta main dish recipe with penne, spaghetti sauce, Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. This recipe is fairly quick and easy to make up and has amazing taste. It's perfect for weeknight dinners.
Ingredients
- 16 oz. penne pasta cooked al dente
- 24 oz. carton ricotta cheese
- 1 large egg
- 48 oz. jar spaghetti sauce with Italian sausage or your favorite prepared spaghetti sauce
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- 16 oz. bag mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning
- 2 lbs. Johnsonville Italian sausage cooked and drained (I used one 1 lb. sweet Italian sausage, and 1 lb. mild Italian sausage)
Instructions
- Cook sausage until brown; drain. Set aside.
- Cook pasta about 9-10 minutes—only until al dente.
- Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking process.
- In a large bowl mix penne, ricotta cheese, egg, mozzarella cheese, cooked Italian sausage, Italian seasoning and 1 ½ cups spaghetti sauce.
- Stir to combine.
- Spray a 9x13” baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spread penne mixture over bottom of prepared pan.
- Spread remaining sauce over top.
- Sprinkle parmesan cheese over top.
- Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until bubbly.
Notes
NOTE: I was unable to locate any brand of spaghetti sauce with Italian sausage so I used two pounds of Italian sausage instead of a lower amount.
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