Pasta Al forno
For our kids in the kitchen class this week we are making Pasta al Forno. An Italian classic, which is pasta bake!
This is a great dish for Autumn , so warming a wholesome for this time of year.
Our Kids in the kitchen will have great fun making the sausage balls and prepping the vegetable’s
Fingers crossed the dish will be a regular fixture on the Weekly Meal plan
Enjoy
Jolene and Lil’s

Pasta Al forno
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 Ovenproof dish
- 1 Scissors
- 1 Baking tray
- 1 Saucepan
Ingredients
- 400 g pasta fusilli or Penne
- 12 or 400g high content pork sausages
- 1 pepper red
- 100 g Sweet Corn
- 200 g passata
- 1 tbsp Tomato puree
- 1 tbsp dried oragano
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- 1 tsp paprika smoked
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 pinch cracked black pepper
- 200 g mozzarella Grated or A fresh ball
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c fan
- In a saucepan of lightly salted water boil the pasta for 8 to 10 minutes
- remove the skins from your sausages and roll them into little sausage balls
- Add the sausage balls to a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes
- We will start prepping the veg by cutting our red pepper into dices with clean scissors and adding it to the mixing bowl
- Next add The sweetcorn and mix
- Squeeze in the tomato puree and a pinch of sugar
- Sprinkle over the oregano and mix
- Pour over the passata
- Sprinkle over the smoked paprika
- Give all your ingredients in the good mix
- Add some torn fresh basil
- Drain your pasta and add it to the bowl with your sausage balls, give a mix and add some more passata if needed
- and transfer to an ovenproof dish
- Even it out in the dish and add The grated or 1 torn mozzarella ball
- Season with salt and pepper
- Oven bake on the middle shelf for 15 to 20 minutes
- Get an adult to take it from the oven
- Serve and devour
