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BAKED PASTA WITH MUSHROOMS

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Serves: 4

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This recipe will work using just button mushrooms and a regular pasta sauce. It will taste really good though if you use a quality pasta sauce and a variety of interesting mushrooms. This comes from an Australian Women's Weekly book called 'Take 5 Ingredients'. Per Serving 25.9g fat 3389kj

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Ingredients

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  • 500 grams penne pasta
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 500 grams mushrooms (mixed, sliced thinly)
  • 750 grams tomato-based pasta sauce
  • 500 ml mozzarella ( more if you like it really cheesy)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to moderate (180 - 190 degrees C)
  2. Oil a deep three litre (12 cup) ovenproof dish.
  3. Cook pasta in large saucepan of boiling water, uncovered until just tender. Drain.
  4. Heat oil in large frying pan, cook mushrooms, stirring, until tender and browned lightly. If using both robust and delicate mushrooms, cook the more robust for a few minutes before adding the more delicate.
  5.  Place half the pasta over base of prepared dish. Top with half the pasta sauce and half the mushrooms and cheese.
  6. Repeat layers with remaining pasta, pasta sauce, mushrooms and cheese.
  7. Bake uncovered, in moderate oven for about twenty five minutes or until browned lightly and heated through.

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