# Pasta Al Forno

This Italian pasta al forno is a hearty baked pasta dish made with a rich meat sauce, pasta, and creamy béchamel sauce, then topped with cheese and baked until golden and bubbly.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 Italian sausage
- Chili
- Garlic cloves
- White wine
- Crushed tomato
- Fresh basil
- Heavy cream
- Parmesan cheese
- Pasta
- Butter
- Flour
- Milk
- Black pepper
- Mozzarella cheese

## Instructions

1. Slice Italian sausage on a cutting board.
2. Place Italian sausage in a hot pan.
3. Stir and break the sausage with a wooden spoon.
4. Chop chili.
5. Slice garlic cloves.
6. Add chili and garlic to the pan with the sausage.
7. Pour white wine into the pan.
8. Add crushed tomatoes to the pan.
9. Add fresh basil to the pan.
10. Add heavy cream to the pan.
11. Mix well.
12. Grate Parmesan cheese into the pan.
13. Bring water to a boil in a pot.
14. Add pasta to the boiling water.
15. Cook the pasta.
16. Drain the pasta in a colander.
17. Add the pasta sauce to the pot with the pasta.
18. Mix the pasta with the sauce.
19. Melt butter in a pan.
20. Add flour to the melted butter and whisk.
21. Pour milk into the pan while whisking to create a béchamel sauce.
22. Season with black pepper.
23. Grate Parmesan cheese into the béchamel sauce.
24. Stir until smooth.
25. Pour béchamel sauce into the bottom of a baking dish.
26. Transfer the pasta with the sauce into the baking dish.
27. Pour more béchamel sauce over the pasta.
28. Add shredded mozzarella cheese on top.
29. Grate Parmesan cheese over the mozzarella.
30. Bake in the oven until golden brown and bubbly.
31. Remove the baked pasta from the oven.

## Equipment

- Cutting board
- Knife
- Pan
- Wooden spoon
- Grater
- Pot
- Colander
- Whisk
- Ladle
- Baking dish
- Oven

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-08-14

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