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20 Satisfying Baked Pasta Recipes

By Food & Wine and Bridget Hallinan Updated October 08, 2021
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Baked pasta is the ultimate cozy food, a warm and filling dish we never get tired of. In this roundup, we share some of our go-to recipes, including Creamy Baked Pasta with Gruyère and Prosciutto, Pickled Pepper Macaroni and Cheese, and a hearty lasagna. Read on for even more baked pasta dishes we love.

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Vegetarian Lasagna "Bolognese" with Plant-Based Meat

Lasagna Bolognese with Plant-Based Meat
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This faux lasagna Bolognese delivers all the comforting flavors of the Italian classic, thanks to layers of richly seasoned plant-based meat and a quickly simmered marinara. Cheesy spinach and tender zucchini pack in even more vegetables, which get an extra umami boost from plenty of Parmesan. If you've never cooked with plant-based meat before, trust your instincts and your eyes; it browns as it cooks, just like ground beef.

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Mostaccioli

Mostaccioli
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A hearty meat sauce, lots of melted cheese, and pasta make this dish a crowd-pleaser. Mostaccioli, a smooth, tube-shaped pasta with angled ends, is the go-to here, but penne also works well.

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Pork-and-Ricotta-Stuffed Jumbo Shells


Pork-and-Ricotta-Stuffed Jumbo Shells
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Food & Wine's Justin Chapple amps up the filling in stuffed shells by including ground pork. Use your favorite prepared tomato sauce here.

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Baked Rigatoni with Broccoli, Green Olives and Pancetta

Baked Rigatoni with Broccoli, Green Olives and Pancetta
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Instead of using tomato sauce, Hugh Acheson makes his version of baked ziti with intensely sweet roasted tomatoes.

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Buttermilk Macaroni and Cheese with Baby Kale

Buttermilk Macaroni & Cheese with Baby Kale
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A quick sauté renders baby kale leaves perfectly tender, allowing them to almost melt into the buttermilk-enriched béchamel in chef and cookbook author Alexander Smalls' version of mac and cheese. For a smooth sauce, make sure all of the dairy is at room temperature.

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Kale-Artichoke Stuffed Shells

Kale and Artichoke Stuffed Shells
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Cannellini beans add hearty creaminess to these stuffed shells, while mild heat from Calabrian chiles and earthy sweetness from fennel seeds amp up jarred marinara sauce. Cook a few extra pasta shells to have on hand in case some tear during boiling.

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Creamy Tuna Noodle Cazuela

Creamy Tuna Noodle Cazuela
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Jarred piquillo peppers and imported canned tuna from Spain add an Iberian twist to the classic American tuna casserole.

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Vegetable-and-Ravioli Lasagna

Vegetable-and-Ravioli Lasagna
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Fresh spinach ravioli are a clever shortcut for making lasagna: Each ravioli is already a mini layer of pasta, cheese and vegetable.

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Pumpkin Lasagne

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No need to roast fresh pumpkin for this dish (although you certainly could); using canned unseasoned pumpkin puree is much quicker, and it works just fine. Like most lasagnes, this one is easier to cut if left to set for 10 minutes or so before serving.

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Baked Orecchiette with Pork Sugo

Baked Orecchiette with Pork Sugo
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In Italian cuisine, sugo is a gravy or sauce. Here, chef Ethan Stowell prepares a pork sugo by braising pork shoulder until it almost falls apart, shredding it in a food processor and mixing it with a red-wine-and-tomato sauce. Then, he bakes it with orecchiette under a topping of Parmigiano cheese for a satisfying meal.

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Grandma's Lasagna

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F&W's editors tested three different Bolognese-style lasagnas with creamy béchamel sauce before deciding that the definitive lasagna had to have tomato sauce, chunks of meat, shredded mozzarella and creamy ricotta cheese.

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Baked Eggplant Parmesan Penne

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Served over pasta, this deconstructed take on Eggplant Parmesan swaps the usual fried eggplant for a sautéed version. Whole-wheat pasta can be used for more fiber.

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Cheesy Baked Pasta with Radicchio

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A splash of red wine vinegar balances the richness of this cheesy pasta and magnifies the pink color of the onions and radicchio. Omit the prosciutto to make this a vegetarian main dish.

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Creamy Baked Pasta with Gruyère and Prosciutto

Creamy Baked Pasta with Gruyere and Prosciutto
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For a simple and ultra-creamy baked pasta, take a cue from chef Ashley Christensen of Poole's Diner: Trade the béchamel for this much easier sauce of heavy cream simmered with plenty of nutmeg and two kinds of cheese.

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Crab Macaroni Gratin

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 "A glorious amount of crab meat baked with shell-shaped pasta in a three-cheese cream sauce —tangy white Cheddar, nutty Gruyère, and sharp Parmigiano-Reggiano—is no-joke delicious, and trés riche," Food & Wine Cooks contributor Andrea Slonecker says. "That's where the Champagne comes in. The tingly bubbles give your palate an ultrasonic scrub between each creamy, cheesy, blissful bite."

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Pickled Pepper Macaroni and Cheese

Pickled Pepper Macaroni and Cheese
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Crispy panko breadcrumbs add crunch to this rich and cheesy pasta casserole.

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Shortcut Baked Rigatoni with Meatballs

<p>Dry pasta and meatballs get baked with mozzarella and marinara in this genius shortcut recipe.</p>
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Dry pasta and meatballs get baked with mozzarella and marinara in this genius shortcut recipe.

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Baked Rigatoni with Eggplant, Tomatoes and Ricotta

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"There is no more comforting food in the world than a bubbly pasta dish straight from the oven," says chef Jonathan Waxman. He replaces the béchamel in this traditional baked pasta with lush eggplant. You can substitute whole-wheat pasta if you'd like.

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Chicken Tetrazzini

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If you don't want to poach chicken breasts for this version of chicken tetrazzini, you can use three to four cups of meat from a rotisserie chicken instead.

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Après-Ski Lasagna

Apres Ski Lasagna
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In this lasagna recipe, Andrea Slonecker says "fresh basil brings brightness, sliced mushrooms lend earthiness and toothsome texture, and ricotta delivers the creaminess between the layers."

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    1 of 20 Vegetarian Lasagna "Bolognese" with Plant-Based Meat
    2 of 20 Mostaccioli
    3 of 20 Pork-and-Ricotta-Stuffed Jumbo Shells

    4 of 20 Baked Rigatoni with Broccoli, Green Olives and Pancetta
    5 of 20 Buttermilk Macaroni and Cheese with Baby Kale
    6 of 20 Kale-Artichoke Stuffed Shells
    7 of 20 Creamy Tuna Noodle Cazuela
    8 of 20 Vegetable-and-Ravioli Lasagna
    9 of 20 Pumpkin Lasagne
    10 of 20 Baked Orecchiette with Pork Sugo
    11 of 20 Grandma's Lasagna
    12 of 20 Baked Eggplant Parmesan Penne
    13 of 20 Cheesy Baked Pasta with Radicchio
    14 of 20 Creamy Baked Pasta with Gruyère and Prosciutto
    15 of 20 Crab Macaroni Gratin
    16 of 20 Pickled Pepper Macaroni and Cheese
    17 of 20 Shortcut Baked Rigatoni with Meatballs
    18 of 20 Baked Rigatoni with Eggplant, Tomatoes and Ricotta
    19 of 20 Chicken Tetrazzini
    20 of 20 Après-Ski Lasagna

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