This baked rigatoni with Italian sausage is perfect to make when you’re craving a hearty, rich casserole. It has tangy marinara sauce, cheesy mozzarella, and zesty Italian sausage.
Not only can you cook the sausage in it, but it goes straight into the oven to bake the rigatoni. You can also use a deep, oven-safe skillet or dutch oven for this rigatoni pasta bake.
1. Rigatoni pasta (I like using Barilla gluten free pasta)
2. Italian sausage
3. jarred pasta sauce
4. fresh mozzarella cheese
5. grated parmesan cheese
First, preheat your oven to 350º degrees.
Next, cook the Italian sausage. Remove the sausages from the casing and cook them like ground beef to create a perfectly meaty pasta sauce.
Next, stir the pasta sauce into the sausage. Add the pasta to a casserole dish or your skillet (if you’re baking in that). Pour the pasta sauce over and stir.
Nestle the mozzarella cheese throughout the pasta and sausage. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until bubbly and golden on top.