Vegetarian Baked Pasta
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta andcook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. Pour a glass of icewater over the pasta to stop the cooking, but do not rinsethoroughly.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat a 9 x 13glass pan with olive oil. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet.Add mushrooms. Cook for 2 minutes then add basil, oregano andgarlic and cook 1 minute more. Add sauce to mushroom mixtureand stir.To assemble, pour enough sauce in the bottom of the pan to cover.Combine the remaining sauce and the pasta. Place one-third ofsauced noodles on top of sauce in pan. Top with 1 cup ofmozzarella and one-half of the gorgonzola. Repeat for a secondlayer. Put the final third of the noodles in the pan and top with thefinal 2 cups of mozzarella.Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until cheese is browned. Serve.
Ingredients
- 1 pound penne pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces portobello mushrooms, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled