- | Food & Drink >> Main Dishes >> Pasta Recipes
Baking Rotini Lasagna (5 Steps)
If you've ever made lasagna from scratch the traditional way using the wide flat noodles and homemade sauce, you know how time-consuming and labor-intensive it can be. But if you're craving all that comforting cheesy goodness but don't have the time or don't happen to have ready-made lasagna noodles on hand, you can substitute another smaller form of pasta, such as rotini, and produce just as delectable a dish in much less time.
Things You'll Need
- Rotini pasta
- Large cooking pot for pasta
- Pasta sauce of your choice
- Cooking pot for sauce
- Water
- Salt
- Vegetable or olive oil
- Large stirring spoon
- Colander
- Small bowl
- Small spoon
- Ricotta cheese
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Eggs
- Oregano
- Ladle
- Baking pan or casserole dish
- Cooking spray
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
-
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and have a 13-by-9-by-3-inch baking pan ready.
-
Use one large pot to cook the pasta in and one to make or heat the sauce. Bring salted water to a rolling boil, add oil to keep the pasta from sticking and cook rotini noodles, stirring with the long spoon, until al dente, or still slightly chewy; they will finish cooking in the oven. Add drained rotini to the pot of sauce and mix well.
-
Combine ricotta cheese, some of the Parmesan cheese, the eggs and the oregano in a small bowl, and set aside. Coat the baking dish with cooking spray and use the ladle to place 1/3 of the pasta and sauce in the bottom, spreading it out evenly.
-
Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and top with a second layer of pasta and sauce. Drop dollops of the ricotta mixture across the top of the pasta and spread as evenly as possible. Sprinkle with more mozzarella, top with the last of the pasta and sauce mixture, and sprinkle the top with the rest of the mozzarella and Parmesan.
-
Bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until the top is bubbly and golden, remove from the oven and let stand for about 10 minutes before serving.
Pasta Recipes
- How much is 16 oz dry spaghetti in grams grams?
- How many grams are pasta in a packet?
- How much does a half cup of dry pasta weigh?
- What do you to get spaghetti out of nose?
- Can you ok to eat pasta raw?
- Does Justin Bieber like spaghetti and meatballs or just plain spaghetti?
- Can you store spaghetti sauce in the fridge a stainless steel pot?
- Why do you put salt in water while cooking pasta?
- What does heat do to spaghetti?
- How many pounds of spaghetti noodles to feed 7 adults?
Pasta Recipes
- Campbell Soup Recipes
- Chicken Recipes
- Crock Pot Recipes
- Duck Recipes
- Entree Recipes
- Fish Recipes
- Grilling
- Meat Recipes
- Meatloaf Recipes
- Pasta Recipes
- Pork Chop Recipes
- Poultry Recipes
- Quiche Recipes
- Quick & Easy Meals
- Seafood Recipes
- Shellfish Recipes
- Slow Cooker Recipes
- Sushi
- Turkey Recipes
- Venison Recipes


