topic Re: Baked Penne Pasta in Recipes

Baked Penne Pasta

Zhills — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 00:54:26 GMT

Found this on Pinterest and copied the recipe but lost the Pin and I can't find it again!!

Do you think the "2 15 oz cans of tomato sauce" means plain tomato sauce like Hunts?

Not like pasta sauce with all the seasonings?

Are any of you familiar with a dish like this one?

Tried it with Classico Traditional Pasta Sauce and the taste was great but lots of the pasta was 'hard' so I guess there wasn't enough liquid??????

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

millieshops — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 01:05:57 GMT

@Zhills My gut tells me you need pasta sauce, not just tomatoes.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

nomless — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 01:07:53 GMT

I think it means what it says, tomato sauce, because it calls for 15 oz cans of sauce. Most pasta sauce comes in jars and contain more than 15 oz. Most tomato sauce comes in cans.

But, you could use either one. Or 15 oz of each.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

trenet — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:10:43 GMT

I would probably use the plain tomato sauce and “doctor” with whatever herbs and seasonings I chose.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

phoenixbrd — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 03:53:55 GMT

Use what would taste best to you. I use my own home made sauce, mushrooms, peas, and fresh basil....no cheese. Very yummy!

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Zhills — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:39:59 GMT

@nomless wrote:
I think it means what it says, tomato sauce, because it calls for 15 oz cans of sauce. Most pasta sauce comes in jars and contain more than 15 oz. Most tomato sauce comes in cans.

But, you could use either one. Or 15 oz of each.

That was my thought also. The poster said she took it to a potluck and the bowl was emptied! It is not the typical Baked Pasta with spices.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Scooby Doo — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 03:33:20 GMT

Plain tomato sauce sounds bland and boring. Hunts makes a pasta sauce in a can. They might have been referring to that one. I've heard the same stuff called tomato sauce, pasta sauce, tomato gravy, etc. Around here we call it spaghetti sauce.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

shoptilyadropagain — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:02:10 GMT

I agree with the others that it probably means your normal canned tomato sauce. The whole recipe sounds very bland to me. I would definitely add seasonings (a lot) to the recipe if it were me. I don't normally make a baked Penne Pasta like this but the few times I have I've used my own spaghetti sauce that I make up and freeze.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Zhills — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:11:32 GMT

This dish is intended as a "side dish" and not a full meal like a lot of baked pasta dishes are. The one I did was very good!

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

CelticCrafter — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:15:12 GMT

Two cans of tomato sauce with nothing but salt and pepper sounds awfully bland.

If you are going to make it with uncooked pasta you need a lot of extra sauce because it's the sauce that rehudrates the pasta in the oven. You probably didn't have enough and that's the reason it was hard.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Bridgegal — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 03:44:52 GMT

My Italian MIL always made sauce for pasta only with canned tomato paste, water, dried parsley and dried garlic, s and p. And a little grease from the fried meatballs.

She said once you put oregano or Italian seasoning etc in you have pizza sauce not spaghetti sauce.

Hers was the best ever.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Zhills — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:18:12 GMT

Made this yesterday using regular tomato sauce. It was plain but I couldn't quit eating it. Actually, it was pretty good. The texture of the pasta is interesting. I think that is party of the appeal. I liked it but will make it again with Classico sauce. Not soupy. I didn't have cheese to add. Could only be tastier. Very easy!

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

godi — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 16:57:21 GMT

I would use the equivalent of my favorite spaghetti sauce.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Zhills — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:31:09 GMT

I did that the first time and the sauce cooked down thick on the oiled penne was really tasty! Will make that a staple. Ate it with Italian Sausage. Yum!

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

RedTop — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:04:18 GMT

To me, this recipe is not worthy of even writing down. It’s one of those recipes you came up with when these simple ingredients are all you have on hand, and it just happened to satisfy you at the time.

Penne is the only pasta outlawed in this house; we just don’t like it, period.

Re: Baked Penne Pasta

Hoovermom — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 22:44:55 GMT

@RedTop : There are those on these boards who are "cooking challenged" and would never come up with ideas like this one. Just not in my make-up. I need to see recipes in order to make anything. My talents lie elsewhere .