Nov 03, 2019

Vegetarian pasta bake

You can mix the veggies up however you like; bell pepper, carrots, mushrooms, leeks, go nuts with your all time favorites. Don't forget the Neolea extra virgin olive oil drizzle at the end, very important!

Ingredients:

1 medium onion
400 grams of mixed veggies
2 cloves of garlic
3 tablespoons of Neolea olive oil + extra for serving
2 tablespoons of tomato puree
500 ml of passata
2 tablespoons of dried Italian herbs
salt and pepper
125 grams of mozzarella
400 grams of pasta of your choice
Fresh basil

Instructions:

Dice the onion, mixed veggies and garlic in very small pieces.
To make the sauce heat a large sauce pan over medium heat with the olive oil.
Add the onion, veggies and garlic and fry for 5 minutes. Then add the herbs, and tomato puree and fry for 1 more minute.
Last add the the passata in and a little bit of water, salt and pepper. Cook this for 25 minutes on a low heat and stir occasionally.
Cook the pasta a little under al dente in a large pot with salted boiling water.
Combine the the sauce with the pasta and mix it very well.
In the meantime preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
Grease a large baking dish with some olive oil and put the whole pasta and sauce mixture in.
Top with sliced mozzarella en put in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
Until it looks golden brown and melty.
Take it out of the oven and drizzle with some extra Neolea