Ricotta Spinach Pasta Bake

Ricotta & Spinach Pasta Bake – all the flavors nosotros dear inwards ricotta stuffed jumbo pasta shells, merely thus much easier to brand inwards this deconstructed casserole!

Hearty too cheesy alongside bubbling rich Lycopersicon esculentum sauce, this is some serious comfort nutrient my friends!

When my kids were footling I used to brand ricotta stuffed shells on repeat. Nobody always complained; nosotros all dear the flavors too I was thrilled to hold upwards able to enshroud copious amounts of spinach inwards alongside the cheese. We don’t consume a lot of pasta these days merely when nosotros do, I wishing it to banking concern represent all the boxes!

 

I went on a ricotta boot a few months dorsum making Easy Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake, Light & Fluffy Ricotta Pancakes and this lovely Raspberry Ricotta Breakfast Cake. Ricotta is a wonderful constituent to utilization inwards a broad multifariousness of recipes. When I constitute an extra container hiding inwards the dorsum of my fridge recently, savory ricotta stuffed shells instantly came to mind.

 

I wanted to simplify the procedure too decided to utilization a hearty rigatoni pasta instead of jumbo shells that require stuffing. This sentiment turned into a bang-up pasta bake that I’m thrilled to serve fellowship at our monthly menage unit of measurement Lord's Day supper. The recipe makes a filling 8 to 10 servings thus if you’re a smaller household, or empty nesters similar us, you lot may wishing to carve upwards the casserole into 2 or 4 smaller dishes. Once assembled, experience gratis to embrace tightly too freeze for later! We adore make-ahead meals. If you’re lucky plenty to bring leftovers, this Ricotta & Spinach Pasta Bake reheats beautifully inwards the microwave making it bang-up for meal-prep or portion lunches.

 

Our pasta bake recipe uses a total vi ounces of fresh spinach leaves, or virtually 4 cups, packed. Once the pasta is cooked al dente too drained, it’s dumped dorsum into the warm pot too combined alongside the fresh spinach. The oestrus from the hot drained pasta wilts the spinach piece you lot educate the ricotta mixture. No extra pans are needed to sauté the spinach, too no involve to squeeze H2O from the frozen variety either. Easy peasy!

 

Half of the ricotta, cottage cheese, Mozzarella too Parmesan mixture is folded together alongside the pasta too spinach, too thus spread into the casserole dish. Dollops of the remaining ricotta mixture is placed on overstep too thus covered alongside your favorite marinara sauce. Top the casserole alongside a footling to a greater extent than cheese too bake. Done too done!

 

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Ricotta & Spinach Pasta Bake

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

Total Time

1 hr 5 mins

 

Course:

Main

Servings: 8 - 10 Servings

Ingredients

• 
  1
  lb
  (16-ounces) Rigatoni or other pasta similar Ziti or Penne)
  


• 
  6
  ounces
  fresh babe spinach leaves,
  about 4 cups packed
  


• 
  15-
  ounces
  ricotta cheese,
  full fat
  


• 
  1
  cup
  cottage cheese
  


• 
  1
  egg,
  lightly beaten
  


• 
  3
  small cloves garlic,
  minced
  


• 
  dash of nutmeg
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  crushed ruby-red pepper flakes,
  optional
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  salt
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  fresh dry reason dark pepper
  


• 
  1
  tablespoon
  fresh parsley leaves,
  chopped
  


• 
  1
  tablespoon
  fresh basil leaves,
  chopped
  


• 
  1
  cup
  fresh grated Parmesan
  


• 
  2
  cups
  shredded Mozzarella cheese,
  divided
  


• 
  2 1/2 to 3
  cups
  marinara sauce
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly coat a 13x9-inch baking dish alongside vegetable cooking spray.
   
   


2. 
   
   Bring a large pot of H2O to a boil too gear upwards pasta al dente according to packet directions. Drain the pasta too thus set it dorsum inwards the warm pot. Add the spinach leaves to the pasta too gently toss or stir to combine. The leaves should wilt a footling ane time they sit down inwards the hot pasta. Set aside, stirring occasionally piece mixing the cheese together.
   
   


3. 
   
   In a medium mixing bowl combine the ricotta, cottage cheese, beaten egg, garlic, nutmeg, ruby-red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, parsley, basil, Parmesan cheese too 1 loving cup of the Mozzarella. Fold together until blended. Add a footling to a greater extent than than one-half the cheese mixture to the pasta too spinach. Mix gently using a safe spatula or large wooden spoon.
   
   


4. 
   
   Pour 1 loving cup of the marinara sauce into the bottom of the prepared pan too spread to cover. Pour the pasta too spinach mixture into the pan too and thus overstep alongside dollops of the remaining ricotta mixture. Spread the remaining marinara over the top. Cover the pan lightly alongside foil too bake for twenty minutes. Remove the foil too overstep alongside the remaining Mozzarella cheese. Continue baking (uncovered) until the dish is hot too bubbly too the cheese melted too lightly browned, virtually 20-25 minutes more.
   
   


5. 
   
   Serve alongside additional Parmesan too fresh parsley if desired.
   
   

Recipe Notes

Once gather this pasta bake tin dismiss hold upwards frozen for upwards to a calendar month for cooking later. Make certain it is good sealed. Remove from the freezer on the morning time you lot excogitation to bake, too refrigerate until later. Add 5-10 minutes to the baking fourth dimension piece covered.

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Looking for to a greater extent than bang-up pasta bakes? Check out this Baked Tortellini inwards Meat Sauce from Sarah at Dinner at the Zoo. I bet nobody leaves the tabular array hungry after eating this lovely dish! Don’t miss this incredible Lasagna Soup from Lori at Recipe Girl. Talk virtually creative; I dear lasagna too bet this is super tasty. And finally, who doesn’t dear a uncomplicated dish that’s ready too on the tabular array inwards minutes? This lovely recipe for Simplest Zucchini Parmesan Pasta from Tieghan at Half Baked Harvest is correct upwards my alley, uncomplicated too fresh!

Thanks thus much for stopping by!  Tricia

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