Easy Pizza baked pasta. This Pizza Pasta Bake recipe is a family favorite. Flavorful pizza sauce tossed with rotini noodles, pizza toppings and melted cheese. I've been in a pizza mood lately.
This is a hearty pizza macaroni bake jazzed up with pepperoni and sausage for pizza-like flavor.
This is a favorite with kids.
Rotini or ziti can be substituted for a more grown up look.
You can cook Easy Pizza baked pasta using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Easy Pizza baked pasta
- Prepare 1 box of penne pasta.
- Prepare 1 jar of spaghetti sauce.
- It's 1 package of pepperoni.
- It's 1 of roll of sausage.
- Prepare 1 (8 oz) of package of mozzarella cheese.
- Prepare of Italian herbs and parmesan cheese.
Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. This pizza pasta bake is loaded with all of the classic pizza toppings and finished off with a layer of gooey mozzarella cheese. An easy dinner option that's sure to be a hit with the whole family! This easy pizza pasta bake features all of the pizza flavors you love in a delicious cheesy casserole!
Easy Pizza baked pasta instructions
- Preheat oven to 375. In a skillet cook and ground sausage fully, drain and set aside.
- Cook pasta as directed on box, I prefer penne pasta but any shape works.
- Mix pasta with herbs, sauce, sausage.
- Top with pepperoni and then sprinkle cheese on top and add more herbs and parmesan cheese on top of desired.
- Cover and bake at 375 for 30 minutes or more until pasta is heated throughly and cheese is nice and melted on top.
- You can serve with garlic bread if desired or a side salad. You can add another half of a jar of pasta sauce if desired to make it stay more moist if you’re planning on putting left overs in the fridge since pasta absorbs liquids and sauces.
We add pepperoni, sausage and green pepper but feel free to add in your own favorite toppings such as mushrooms, olives or ham! Pizza Pasta Bake is a super easy cheesy casserole with layers of pasta & tons of gooey cheese! This is a very decent dish! I added onion bell pepper and more italian seasonings. I used the stated amount of cheese.