Rigatoni pasta bake with garlic bread topping

Recipes / Vegetarian

Get into this easy vegetarian pasta bake that cleverly uses store-bought garlic bread as the crunchy topping.

Recipe «Rigatoni pasta bake with garlic bread topping» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 375g dried rigatoni pasta, 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 red onions, halved, sliced, 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, 785g jar tomato pasta sauce , 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato pesto, 225g loaf garlic bread, 1 piece chargrilled capsicum, sliced , 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves, torn, 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted, halved, 100g Greek-style fetta, crumbled, 2/3 cup pizza cheese, grated, Basil, extra, to serve, Salad leaves, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 375g dried rigatoni pasta 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 2 red onions, halved, sliced 
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 
  • 785g jar tomato pasta sauce 
  • 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato pesto 
  • 225g loaf garlic bread 
  • 1 piece chargrilled capsicum, sliced 
  • 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves, torn 
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted, halved 
  • 100g Greek-style fetta, crumbled 
  • 2/3 cup pizza cheese, grated 
  • Basil, extra, to serve 
  • Salad leaves, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 22cm x 32cm (8-cup-capacity) baking dish. Cook pasta following packet directions. Drain. Return to pan.
  2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large deep frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring, for 5 to 7 minutes or until light golden. Add garlic. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add 1/2 cup water, sauce and pesto. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until slightly thick.
  3. Process garlic bread to coarse crumbs.
  4. Add tomato sauce mixture, capsicum, basil, olive and fetta to pasta. Toss to combine. Transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle with cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and heated through. Top with extra basil and serve with salad.