The night before Thanksgiving is the ULTIMATE Pasta Night -- join me and make it with raoshomemade
#RaosPartner. You can make this up to 3 days in advance, then bake when ready to eat!
SAUSAGE & MUSHROOM BAKED PENNE
Ingredients:
1 pound Rao's Homemade Penne Rigate
1 (32 ounce) jar Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce
1-pound Italian sausage (mild or hot)
16 ounces mushrooms, sliced
Extra-virgin olive oil
Kosher salt
1 large onion, diced
8 ounces (2 cups) shredded mozzarella cheese
¼ cup grated Parm, plus more for serving
Preheat the oven to 375°F (if baking tonight– you can assemble up to step 5 up to 3 days in advance and keep refrigerated). Cook Rao's Homemade Penne Rigate in salted boiling water until just al dente (about 2 minutes less than package directions). Drain.
In a large oven-safe Dutch oven, remove sausage from casings and brown over medium-high heat, breaking into crumbles, 5 to 7 minutes.
If there isn’t a lot of fat in the pot, add a big glug of oil before adding the slic...