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Creamy Pasta Bake with Cherry Tomatoes and Basil
This creamy pasta bake is easy to make with penne, cherry tomatoes, basil, Parmesan, and mozzarella for a comforting weeknight vegetarian pasta dish.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Step 1
Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
- Step 2
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking water.
- Step 3
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook onion in oil until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds.
- Step 4
Stir in tomato sauce and tomato paste and cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes.
- Step 5
Add cream and Parmesan cheese. Season with sugar, salt, and pepper.
- Step 6
Stir some of the reserved pasta water into sauce and add cooked penne.
- Step 7
Remove from the heat and stir in cherry tomatoes, 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese, and basil. Add more pasta water if needed to reach desired consistency.
- Step 8
Pour penne mixture into the prepared baking dish and cover with remaining mozzarella cheese.
- Step 9
Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.
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