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BAKED PASTA WITH CHICKEN SAUSAGE

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This Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage first appeared here last winter and it totally checks all the comfort food boxes—creamy, cheesy and a tiny bit spicy. In other words, perfect.

Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage in a white casserole dish

Well, the lunar eclipse certainly had its way with me.

I mean it’s either that or everyone is taking crazy pills.

It’s just been one thing after another.

Chicken Sausages and cheese and pasta and parsley and grater

It started innocently enough, when a simple link I was posting for Superbowl appetizers wouldn’t work even though I tried it 15 times.

I considered throwing the computer out the window, but decided that wouldn’t be very adult of me.

Dellalo Organic Whole Tomatoes next to pasta and onions and bay leaf

I’ve been clumsy and forgetting things and feeling generally whacked, punctuated with the occasional slamming headache which goes away when I drink water which I don’t do enough of ever because I’m constantly jamming.

That sentence was exhausting.

Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage in a white casserole dish on a gray napkin

Things were further complicated when my sleeve snagged the half-opened bottle of a three month supply of magnesium oxide, making the very small pills fly the span of two rooms which was highly, highly annoying.

Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage in a white casserole dish

Suffice to say that when a container of miniature cherry tomatoes dislodged themselves from the shopping bag and tumbled out of the just-opened car door and rolled down the driveway—all 2000 of them—I was ready to snap.

It wasn’t pretty, friends.

Baked Pasta with Delallo whole organic tomatoes in a white casserole dish on lace tablecloth

Then I got yelled at by a girl who told me I filled out a form wrong, even though I explicitly followed her instructions.

Ramming my knee into the pointy end of the coffee table was just the cherry on top.

Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage on a white plate with brown fork n

All this made me want to hide under the bed with a big, comforting bowl of Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage.

This baked pasta is saucy and cheesy and full of warm, carby goodness.

My suggestion?

Enjoy it from the safety of your couch with a blanket, the TV and the fireplace.

PIN THIS RECIPE FOR LATER!

Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage in a white casserole dish

BAKED PASTA WITH CHICKEN SAUSAGE

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Ingredients

  • Heat oven to 350
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil plus more for serving
  • 1 medium yellow onion diced
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 1 1/2 pounds chicken sausage uncooked, casings removed
  • 1 28- ounce can Delallo whole peeled italian style tomatoes I used organic
  • 1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes I used organic
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon each of oregano and crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon or so of freshly ground pepper
  • 3 tablespoons fresh chopped flat-leaf Italian parsley, plus more for serving
  • 2 bay leafs
  • 1 pound penne pasta
  • 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese plus another tablespoon or two for the top
  • 8 ounces grated Havarti cheese

Instructions

  • MAKE THE SAUCE
  • In a dutch oven or large non-stick sauce pan, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add the onions.
  • Add a pinch of salt and cook on medium high heat until the onions are soft, about 5-6 minutes.
  • Add the garlic and cook for another minute, stirring to make sure the garlic doesn't get brown.
  • Add the chicken sausage, breaking it up with the back of a wooden spoon until cooked through.
  • Add the whole peeled tomatoes, crushing the tomatoes with your fingers as you add them to the pan.
  • Add the chopped tomatoes too. And the water.
  • Add the oregano and crushed red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
  • Add one tablespoon of the chopped fresh parsley.
  • Stir the mixture to combine and add the bay leafs.
  • Simmer on medium heat on the stove for 30 minutes, remove bay leafs.
  • In a large pot, prepare the pasta according to the directions, salting the water before adding the pasta, and removing the pasta about a minute before the final cooking time. You want al dente (a little bit firm still) pasta.
  • Drain the cooked pasta and add it back to the large pot. Add the chicken sausage mixture, the ricotta cheese and the Parmesan cheese and another tablespoon of the chopped parsley.
  • Mix gently to combine, and add to a large casserole dish (approximately 9x13" size, I used three smaller casserole dishes so I could freeze one for later)
  • Sprinkle the top with Harvarti cheese and another tablespoon or so of the Parmesan cheese, plus the remaining tablespoon of fresh parsley.
  • Bake for about 30 minutes until the cheese melts and everything is heated through.
  • Drizzle with a little bit of olive oil and Parmesan cheese for serving.
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  11. Lynn | The Road to Honey

    February 12, 2018 at 1:35 pm

    Wow! It certainly does sound like you have had a streak of bad luck. Best to wrap yourself in a blanket and stay inside.. . .off course with a heaping bowl of this divine comfort food. I'm sure the bad luck will run out soon.
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  13. Dinny Evans

    March 2, 2018 at 4:29 pm

    This recipe is DELICIOUS!!! And because there are only two of us...I got to eat some for lunch all week! It is an amazing comfort dish to eat while watching it SNOW FOR TWO DAYS!
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