Baked Skillet Pasta with an Easy Sausage Ragu

This easy baked skillet pasta recipe features the flavors of pork sausage and fennel in a red wine ragu.  It’s cheesy, meaty and delicious and can be on your table in under an hour.

This is a sponsored post for HemisFares™ brand that is available exclusively at Kroger family of stores.  All opinions are honest and 100% my own.

This pasta skillet bake is perfect for a weeknight dinner and as we head into winter is delicious comfort food.

I’ve been adding more one-pan meals and skillet bakes to my dinner rotation.  They are quick and easy to make with everyday pantry staples.

For this recipe I used my cast-iron skillet, but a casserole pan would work fine too.

How to Make a Skillet Pasta Bake

While the pasta was simmering,  I browned spicy pork sausage, added onion, chopped Bella mushrooms and diced sweet red pepper.

I chose a smaller macaroni-style noodle from the HemisFares pasta line called orecchiette and paired it with HemisFares Find No. 20 – Sausage and Fennel Ragu with Barolo Wine Pasta Sauce.

Two jars of the sauce is plenty. We like our pasta saucy and then added the cheese mixture on top.

I was intrigued by the description of the sauce, “a classic sofritto of garlic and onions is the base for this rich sauce, and enhanced by pork, fennel and Barolo wine.”

I topped the entire pasta bake with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses and baked the dish for about 30 minutes.

The result was a cheesy, spicy and sweet Italian dinner.

Doesn’t this look absolutely delicious!

I’ve been having fun exploring Kroger‘s new HemisFares™ brand. I’ve tasted the flavors of their slow churned gelato, their authentic Italian olive oil and I’m enjoying their pasta sauces.

I have become a big fan. Their products remind me of my visit to Italy years ago. The best part for me was the food.  

How lucky am I that my local Kroger lets me explore Italian cuisine all over again?

Want to experience Italy? For more information on HemisFares you can check out the website HemisFaresFinds.com or Facebook.com/Hemisfares.

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Baked Skillet Pasta with an Easy Sausage Ragu

Ali Randall

This easy baked skillet pasta recipe features the flavors of pork sausage and fennel in a red wine ragu. It’s cheesy, meaty and delicious and can be on your table in under an hour.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Cooling Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• 1 24-ounce jar HemisFares Sugo alla Materana com Barolo (Sausage and Fennel Ragu with Barolo Wine Pasta Sauce)
• 1 12-ounce bag HemisFares Orecchiette
• 1 pound hot Italian sausage
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 small sweet red pepper, diced
• 1 cup Bella mushrooms, diced
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 425°F. Boil the pasta according to the package directions. Drain.
  
• Brown the sausage in a cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add in the onions, sweet red pepper and mushrooms until softened.
  
• Stir in the orecchiette and pasta sauce and mix well to coat the pasta.
  
• Mix together the ricotta and mozzarella cheeses and spread evenly over the pasta. Transfer the cast-iron skillet to the oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until the cheese has browned and is bubbly.
• Allow the cast-iron skillet to cool for five minutes before serving.

Keyword Baked Pasta Ragu

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