Baked Cheesy Bolognese Pasta
Baked Penne with Bolognese Sauce and Cheese
Thanks to my frozen batch of home-made bolognese sauce, I am able to whip up decent, quick and fuss-free meals on busy days. All I need to do is to bake some cooked pasta with bolognese sauce and cheese, and we have a delectable pasta meal with minimum effort. Even though this is not a traditional Italian way of cooking with bolognese sauce unlike Spaghetti Bolognese, we enjoy the taste very much because the warm, melty cheese goes so well with the meat sauce. If you freeze your bolognese sauce like I do, thaw it before baking either using the microwave oven (I use the steam defrost feature on mine) or stove top.
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Baked Cheesy Bolognese Pasta Recipe
- Serves: 2
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
Even though this is not a traditional Italian recipe, the melty cheese goes so well with the Bolognese meat sauce. If you make your own Bolognese sauce, freeze the extras to cook this dish quickly and effortlessly.
Ingredients
- 100 grams penne or other favourite pasta
- 300 grams bolognese sauce (see recipe here) if frozen, thaw before use
- 100 grams shredded mozzarella cheese
- water
- salt
- dried parsley flakes optional
Instructions
- Cook pasta in a pot of boiling, salted water, 2 minutes less than the timing on the package. Drain pasta.
- Combine cooked pasta with bolognese sauce. Divide pasta into two individual serving sizes, oven-safe baking dishes. Top with shredded cheese.
- Bake in pre-heated oven of 200°C for 8-10 minutes, or until the cheese is nicely melted. Top with dried parsley flakes before serving.
Similar Recipes
- Spaghetti Bolognese
- Home-made Bolognese Sauce
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Pasta with bolognese sauce is my daughter’s fave. I always turn to this quick dish on a hectic day too. :)
Gong Xi Fa Cai to you! This is one of the baked cheese pasta that my kid like!
How long can bolognese sauce be stored in the freezer? Thanks.
I kept mine for up to 2 weeks (finished by then)…
What a comfort food, I love! This is just a great recipe to make for lunch or dinner!
This is a dish that I love to cook as it really saves me a lot of time in preparing. It’s also my family’s favourite. ;)
Yummy and cheesy, who could resist?
Looks delicious topped with lots of cheese ;-)
Hope you have a great week ahead :)
I agree. Min. effort, max. deliciousness! I like this as TV dinner…hahaha! It’s healthy dish but my way of eating not so healthy.
The pork I can swap with beef, n halal bacon but what can I use instead of red wine?
I mean for the Bolognaise sauce
Missy Niz, just skip the wine, there is no need to substitute.
how much water and salt should i add? :/
roughly 1 litres of water and about 1/2 to 1 tbsp salt