Description
Enjoy a delightful and comforting Italian dish with this Ricotta Paccheri recipe. Large paccheri pasta tubes are stuffed with a creamy ricotta mixture, baked to perfection, and finished with a flavorful tomato sauce. A cheesy and satisfying meal for pasta lovers!
Ingredients
Paccheri Pasta:
12 ounces paccheri pasta
Tomato Sauce:
2 tablespoons olive oil, 3 garlic cloves (minced), 1 small onion (finely chopped), 1 can (15 ounces) crushed tomatoes, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional), 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Ricotta Filling:
1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese, 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup fresh basil (chopped)
Extra Parmesan and basil for garnish
Instructions
- Cook Paccheri Pasta: Boil paccheri pasta until al dente. Reserve pasta water.
- Prepare Tomato Sauce: Sauté garlic and onion, add crushed tomatoes, oregano, red pepper, salt, and pepper. Simmer.
- Make Ricotta Filling: Combine ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella, and basil.
- Stuff and Bake: Fill pasta with ricotta mixture, top with sauce, bake at 375°F for 20 minutes.
- Finish and Serve: Garnish with basil and Parmesan.
Notes
- You can prepare this dish ahead of time and refrigerate it before baking.
- For added flavor, stir sautéed spinach into the ricotta mixture.
- This recipe works well with rigatoni if paccheri is not available.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Main Course, Pasta
- Method: Baking, Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 recipe
- Calories: 485
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 610 mg
- Fat: 21 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 52 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 23 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg
