Italian Baked Penne
Recipe: #609
October 16, 2011
Categories: Casseroles, Pork Sausage, Penne, Italian, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, Potluck, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Italian Dinner, more
"This is a recipe that my mom used to serve. Over the years, I have added spinach to make it healthier. It includes italian sausage while other recipes I have seen don't. I think it really adds to the taste. I hope you enjoy."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (313.4 g)
- Calories 573.4
- Total Fat - 24.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.6 g
- Cholesterol - 94.7 mg
- Sodium - 394.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 52.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.1 g
- Sugars - 3.6 g
- Protein - 36.8 g
- Calcium - 424.8 mg
- Iron - 3.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 18.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Step 2
Prepare pasta as directed on package until al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain and return to the pan.
Step 3
While pasta is cooking, heat large skillet, add sausage, onion, and garlic. Saute' until sausage is cooked through. Drain off any grease. Add mushrooms and saute' 3 minutes. Add pepper, italian seasoning and tomatoes to pan. Simmer, stirring occassionally, about 8 minutes.
Step 4
Combine sausage mixture to pasta, spinach, mozzarella cheese and 1/3 cup of parmesan cheese.
Step 5
Pour into 13x9 glass baking dish. Top casserole with remaining 2/3 cup parmesan cheese.
Step 6
Bake uncovered 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling.
Tips
No special items needed.