With the tweaks, it makes a ton, but it freezes so well. I'm thinking about adding leftover turkey or ham to the casserole. This is seriously the best dish for a cold Sunday evening – and one that you could enjoy all week if you’re only making it for two. Even my daughter, who would never eat casseroles, ate a big portion claiming it was "as good as macaroni!!!" My whole family is freaking out over it, except my 4 year old, but he’s a little freakish. Great for busy weeknight dinners! My husband said “I know this is pasta but somehow I don’t feel so bad after eating it”. I super enjoyed blanching the greens while the pasta finished cooking! Thanks for such a great recipe, Eric!!! Why don’t you use 2 Pyrex dishes says miss no-nothing to you who knows tons more than me? Perfect for fall. Photo by Julia Gartland. I just made this for a girls’ dinner tonight, and it was amazing! A few weeks ago, I was browsing around the internet on my lunch break, wondering what I should make for dinner, and I stumbled across Deb’s recipe for a mushroom marsala pasta bake over on Smitten Kitchen. Thanks for the great recipe. man. I think the mouth feel and how sauce adheres to it just tastes wrong and boring, and I will always pick some other shape. I heard your interview on NPR as it was broadcast … serendipitous, since we’d enjoyed the kale salad just a few days before. CP — I never jotted it down — d’oh! In a very large bowl, toss together the rice, frozen broccoli, cheese, sour cream, milk, 2 teaspoons salt, and buttery onion-bread mixture until well mixed. Or cook 2c rice for about 8c rice total? I really do appreciate recipes with photos showing each step. I don’t suppose the Drybar trend has taken root over there? I am newly in Florida trying to find what I considered basic ingredients in CT is a whole new ballgame! Bechemel sauce was great and easy to make. Even my very picky daughter loved it! It makes me feel better that you are also feeling the stress of the season. Hands down. Any less, don’t worry about adjusting the butter. The sauce works fine with 2% (which is what I had). Eyeball the drippings (pork sausage will leave some; chicken usually does not) — use one tablespoon less butter next if it looks like there’s a tablespoon there. Probably heresy on your website to say I love Rachael Ray’s Broccoli Rabe Panini, but turning it into a pasta casserole with sausage sounds like a keeper, too. Still rich & delicious – and lots and lots of leftovers! It looked and is smelling heavenly. Yum. Another winner from SK. Deb!! He went for 3 weeks holiday while I had a photoshoot and I missed him like crazy ;) Bake pasta is one of my most favorite meals, just next to fried pasta, hahaha. I’ve made this twice. I guess it was because of the browned sausage bits in the bottom of the pan, and maybe because of the added garlic, but whatever it was, it was a-maz-ing. Three years ago: Grape Foccacia with Rosemary No parm on top. Cook both completely before freezing. I feel like the stuff that comes in water doesn’t melt as stretchy and lovely as the plastic-wrapped stuff; that it’s better for slicing and eating cold with salad (hiii caprese). Oh, if you fall in love with an item, always buy two. I’m totally making this when it cools off. We made this exactly as written and loved it. As you might see in the photos above, it’s on the firm side. I salted well every step of the way and it h just came out so full of flavor. I mean, there was that one time… Okay, fine. Best baked pasta dish every. Ioh and I also used 1% milk with about 1/4 cup cream and it was way good! I struggle to find broccoli rabe here in the UK and actually tried growing it myself with very little success! I’m so excited to make this tomorrow. Great dinner. i’m pregnant, and when you’re craving something red = must have it now, right? Agree with others that this béchamel is really good. (But because I forgot.) I don’t miss the mozzarella, but next time I want to be sure to add it and see. I’m sure I can use something else to recreate this dish. Will be a repeat recipe sometime soon. I almost always have some there for when I know I won’t have time to cook. Do cows still squirt that? And I usually made the white sauce with skimmed mile, and sometimes an olive oil/butter blend when I felt I needed to watch saturated fats. I used the amount of bechamel in the recipe, and 1.5x the mozzarella simply because that’s how big the pack was. Well Deb, I had never heard of Baked Ziti before – obviously it isn’t as common amongst Italian-Australians as with Italian-Americans! Thanks for the recipe!!! It gave the bechamel a subtle but nice tang that cut the richness a little. Just finished making this. I forgot to get mozzarella, but I don’t think I’ll miss it (too much). I used it to clean out the fridge so I also added about a half bag of spinach that I fried/wilted in the sausage oil. would be perfect with cabernet sauvignon. My husband said we could sell it. Don’t see the link available for the pan. I made this tonight, with Swiss chard (Mangold) instead of broccoli rabe. ), maybe it’s best to keep yourself in the weeds for more months as long as you provide these gr8 recipes….thanks…. You make it easy! Home-cooked food always tastes so much better while traveling–even though people stare at us for it, hah. It’s massive hot here and promises to be a sweltering on Saturday just in time for Yom Kippur. This will definitely go into my regular rotation. You know, my husband’s mother’s family (Neapolitan) add their ricotta, cold, to their hot baked ziti, instead of baking it in. We made this last night and it was sublime! Cook the pasta and rabe: Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. I love broccoli rabe, so next time I have some, I’ll try it your way! Made the sauce as listed in the recipe, and my bunch of rabe was very large. I made this tonight and it is delectable!! save hide report. Well, there’s no point in keeping it from you now. But, both work so use what you have. Lovely looking recipe. Five years ago: Marinated Eggplant with Capers and Mint Deb, you mighty pasta bake hero, you’ve done it again. The mild sausage didn’t really cut through the richness of the dish, especially since I did indeed double the sauce. I may try adding some other veggies next time, I am thinking some artichoke hearts or spinach might be nice additions (more greens makes me feel less guilty about the excessive amounts of cheese that I like to use). Made it as written (with the Barilla bell shaped pasta) and just the amount of sauce Deb listed. Just to give you a heads up your recipe did not include the garlic. Use warm milk and you’ll never get lumps in your bechamel. (I did make 1-1/2 times the sauce.). Unclear from the instructions here, does he pasta get cooked fully before baking or should you leave it on the very al dente side to finish cooking as it bakes? Have fun on the trip. Can’t wait to try it. And, while I love tomato sauce in all formats, it always feels a little clashy against the green vegetables I insist make pasta-for-dinner acceptable any night of the week. I hadn’t you speak or seen you on TV … so there I was, saying, “oh! Deb, I just love your writing! In the last few days we have eaten your butternut squash and chickpea salad, cauliflower soup, your mom’s apple cake, English muffins, oven BBQ chicken, and now this. I have to say, I hate ricotta in baked ziti. See more ideas about smitten kitchen, recipes, smitten kitchen recipes. Great weeknight dinner. Great alternative to the mushy broccoli casseroles from years past. I bet he brings in some seriously good snacks! I loved this dish, but because I’m a vegetarian, I used crimini mushrooms in lieu of the sausage, and oh my! Everything I’ve made from here has gotten rave reviews. Pasta shape was large orecchiette, and I added some carrot slices. As is this dish. Blanched fresh broccoli and I liked that better too. And this meal looks amazing. I think the amount of bechamel is fine but I wouldn’t be upset if there were more. Prop Stylist: Brooke Deonarine. This casserole works best with fresh broccoli that’s been lightly cooked. I was nervous to try this recipe since I’ve had some epic fails with broccoli rabe in the past. I did increase the amount of bechamel and sub’d 8oz vermont sharp cheddar for the mozz, incorporating that into the bechamel off heat. So silly..lazy. Awesome! The only adjustment I made was to add more pepper and nutmeg to the bechamel (I pretty much add more spice to every recipe, that’s just my personal taste preference). But you see, broccoli rubble in itself was a solution to another problem and perhaps we’ve created a monster, but it’s a delici… ALL MINE! One question: does Jacob “order” his birthday cake? Always great to read comments. It’s stinking hot here now. It looked really good before going in oven. Only thing is that I feel like I could have added more veggies – excited to try with mushrooms next time! You are doing an awesome job and I wish you the best! (all-ah-ton-say? HUGE hit. share. It was undeniably delicious, so for years I ignored the fact that the casserole was made with not-so-healthy ingredients that I usually avoid. This one was wonderful! There are only 3 of us, so i froze half of it (after baking) and am excited to have that on-hand for next week when i have no time to cook. Ale — Ha! Thanks for sharing, Lyn; the sweet potato sounds delicious. Oh my goodness. I added some ham, and should've reduced the salt in the rest of the dish, but we ate it (and leftovers) anyway. I’m glad you linked to it–it gave me a little happy tear in my eye :). 2/3 cup grated parmesan or pecorino romano cheese This sounds delicious. Thinking of making this for a huge NYE slumber party extravaganza we’re having at our house. I’m going to make it this weekend. Once melted, add your flour and stir it into the butter until smooth. I made this the other night and love, love, love it! Thank you for the recipe! Tho, I added a bag of spinach instead of broccoli rabe…I went to three different grocery stores here in Portland, OR and couldn’t find it anywhere :/. Planning to make this for a holiday gathering this weekend. This will definitely be going in the rotation. A lighter, lemonier, quicker alternative to a delicious pasta bake. The catalog which filled all kinds of items office furniture presents only quality factory products. Sunday morning I was combing through my email with a cup of coffee and spotted this dish. We almost always have a pan or 3 in the freezer. This was huge hit and the leftovers are divinely delicious. I made it about 5 hours ahead of time, put it in the fridge, and baked for 40 mins (25 mins with foil, 15 without). My boyfriend and I work strange schedules, and this saves the freaking day when we just want to warm something up. Looks delicious! I do think you could certainly leave out the bread: the nonnegotiables are the cheese, rice, and broccoli. Next time I think I’ll reduce the sausage to 3/4 lb. This is a good bechamel base too. It was delicious (even with the non-fat milk!). Even better reheated in the oven the next day. So cook about 1/2c uncooked rice to use? Cook your sausage: Meanwhile, heat 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large, wide saucepan (you will use this for the bechamel in a few minutes; you could also use your pasta pot, once it is drained) over medium heat. I halved the pasta (cooking for one), and kept everything else about the same and it fit in a 9x9ish pan. It turned our plenty moist for us and filled a 9×13 Pyrex pan nicely. Made this tonight because I had a bundle of broccolini in the crisper slowly wilting. We ate it again for lunch today – still a HUGE hit. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I made this tonight with fusilli, and added mushrooms (that had been sauteed with half a diced onion and about 2 cloves of garlic, minced), and a bit more sausage (about 1.4lbs) that was half spicy italian half mild italian, and then I omitted any extra red pepper flakes that I’d considered adding to the pasta/meat/broccoli mix. 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